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New Points System Let In More Foreign Workers, Not Fewer

New points system let in more foreign workers not fewer Tens of thousands of extra migrants have been allowed into Britain under a supposed tough new points system introduced by the Labour government. By Tom Whitehead, The Telegraph (U.K.), June … Continue reading

Camp Migrants Returning Home

Camp Migrants Returning Home By Kristen Beacock Peterborough Today, June 3, 2010 http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/camp_migrants_returning_home_1_646318 Homeless migrants in Peterborough are abandoning their squalid makeshift camps in significant numbers to return home. The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has revealed that since launching its … Continue reading

Immigration Law To Be Made Grandmother-Proof By Autumn

Immigration Law to be Made Grandmother-Proof by Autumn By Janne Huuskonen The Helsinki Times, June 3, 2010 http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/htimes/domestic-news/general/11297-immigration-law-to-be-made-grandmother-proof-by-autumn-.html According to an aide to the Minister of Immigration, proper scrutiny of reform proposals will take time. The law may be made … Continue reading

Vatican Official Prods U.S. On Immigration Reform

Vatican official prods US on immigration reform CatholicCulture.org, June 3, 2010 http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=6538 In a lengthy address delivered in Washington on June 2, Archbishop Antonio Maria Vegli, president of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, … Continue reading

Another Frenchwoman Fined For Driving Wearing Niqab

Another Frenchwoman fined for driving wearing niqab Agence France Press, June 3, 2010 http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/french-news/another-frenchwoman-fined-for-driving-wearing-niqab_73402.html French police fined a woman for driving while wearing an Islamic veil, just weeks after a similar incident sparked a major political row, officials said Thursday. … Continue reading

Dutch Muslims Fear Impact Of Far-Right Vote

Dutch Muslims fear impact of far-right vote Agence Presse France, June 3, 2010 http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/dutch-news/dutch-muslims-fear-impact-of-far-right-vote_73199.html Muslims reeling from an apparent surge of anti-Islam sentiment fear next week's Dutch election will fuel mutual suspicion and pit neighbour against neighbour. It was in … Continue reading

People Smuggler Gives Evidence In Perth

People Smuggler Gives Evidence in Perth By Lloyd Jones The Sydney Morning Herald, June 3, 2010 http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/people-smuggler- gives-evidence-in-perth-20100603-x5dp.html A convicted people smuggler has told a Perth court he had to pay off authorities in Indonesia when he organised boats to … Continue reading

Two Villawood Centre Managers Sacked

Two Villawood Centre Managers Sacked The Sydney Morning Herald, June 3, 2010 http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/two-villawood- centre-managers-sacked-20100603-x8s3.html Two managers have been sacked and two others have been transferred following the escape of six people from Sydney's Villawood Immigration Detention Centre. Nine people initially … Continue reading

Liberal Backlash To Refugee Reforms Prompts Ignatieff’s Rethink

Liberal backlash to refugee reforms prompts Ignatieff rethink By Joan Bryden The Canadian Press, June 2, 2010 http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/liberal-backlash-to-refugee-reforms-prompts-ignatie ff-rethink–95457254.html OTTAWA – An angry backlash from Liberal MPs has forced Michael Ignatieff to back off his party's apparent support for proposed … Continue reading

Man Who Caused Grounding Of Transatlantic Flight Faces Loss Of U.S Residency

Man who caused grounding of transatlantic flight faces loss of U.S. residency Abdirahman Ali Gaal will be sent back to his native Somalia on immigration technicalities By Colin Freeze The Globe and Mail, June 2, 2010 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/man-who-caused-grounding-of-transatlantic-flight-faces-loss-of-us-residency/article1589796/ The man whose … Continue reading

Tories, Liberals Seek Consensus On Revamped Refugee System

Tories, Liberals seek consensus on revamped refugee system If consensus holds, changes to determination process could become law within a month By John Ibbitson The Globe and Mail (Toronto), June 1, 2010 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-liberals-seek-consensus-on-revamped-refugee-system/article1588787/ Ottawa A major overhaul of Canadas sclerotic … Continue reading

Indian Visa Uproar Prompts Canada To Launch Immigration-Policy Review

Indian visa uproar prompts Canada to launch immigration-policy review Kenney apologizes, saying Canadian officials should never have disparaged Indias institutions Graeme Smith and Campbell Clark Patiala, India and Ottawa From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published on Friday, May. 28, 2010 … Continue reading

Goddard Tells Justice Department He Will Defend Arizona Immigration Law

Goddard tells Justice Dept. he will defend Ariz. immigration law By Casey Newton The Arizona Republic, May 28, 2010 http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2010/05/28/20100528arizona-immigration-law-justice-department-lawsuit.html Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard said he asked U.S. Justice Department officials not to sue the state to block the … Continue reading

DOJ Officials Met In Phoenix With Arizona AG

DOJ officials met in Phoenix with Arizona AG By Pete Yost The Associated Press, May 28, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/28/AR2010052803649.html WASHINGTON — Justice Department officials told the Arizona attorney general and aides to the governor in face-to-face meetings Friday in Phoenix that … Continue reading

Paul Opposes Citizenship For Babies Of Illegals

Paul opposes citizenship for babies of illegals By Roger Alford The Associated Press, May 28, 2010 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_KENTUCKY_SENATE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-05-28-12-14-48 FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul is stirring it up again, this time by saying he opposes citizenship for children … Continue reading

California College Offers Scholarship To Illegal Immigrants

Calif. College Offers Scholarship to Illegal Immigrants By Jana Winter FOXNews.com, May 28, 2010 http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/28/calif-college-offers-scholarship-to-illegals/ A public community college in California has set up a scholarship fund for immigrant students including illegal immigrants. The $2,500 scholarship has sparked anger by … Continue reading

U.S. Deports 31 Men To Iraq, Lebanon, Cape Verde, 4 of ‘National Security Interest’

US deports 31 men to Iraq, Lebanon, Cape Verde; 4 of 'national security interest' By Suzanne Gamboa The Associated Press, May 28, 2010 http://www.metronews.ca/toronto/world/article/537293–us-deports-31-men-to-iraq-lebanon-cape-verde-4-of-national-security-interest WASHINGTON – Four men of 'national security interest' were among 31 people recently deported from the … Continue reading

Faisal Shahzad Times Square Bomb Plot Suspect Aftab Khan Ordered Deported To Pakistan

Faisal Shahzad Times Square bomb plot suspect Aftab Khan ordered deported to Pakistan BY Samuel Goldsmith The New York Daily News, May 28 2010 http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_national/2010/05/28/2010-05-28_faisal_shahzad_times_square_bomb_plot_suspect_aftab_khan_ ordered_deported_to_pak.html A man arrested in Massachusetts during the probe into the failed Times Square car … Continue reading

Canadian Immigration Fast-Track 25 Afghan Translators Who Faced Extraordinary Personal Risk

Canadian immigration fast-track 25 Afghan translators who faced extraordinary personal risk A special programme to fast-track immigration applications for Afghan translators who faced extraordinary person risk in order to aid Canadas mission to Kandahar has finally seen the first approvals. … Continue reading

Refugee Door Pried Open For Haitian Women Fearing Rape

Refugee door pried open for Haitian women fearing rape Haitis worsening rape problem targets women, judge finds Tracey Tyler Legal Affairs Reporter Published On Thu May 27 2010 Thestar.com A groundbreaking Federal Court ruling has opened doors to Haitian women … Continue reading