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Frank Field: Anger Over Immigration Could ‘Spread To The Streets’ If It Is Not Debated

Frank Field: Anger over immigration could 'spread to the streets' if it is not debated Immigration is the election issue which dares not speak its name in the campaign, according to a former Labour minister. By Christopher Hope, Whitehall Editor … Continue reading

Conservatives Propose Immigration Cap

Conservatives propose immigration cap Reuters Tue Apr 13, 2010 2:45pm BST LONDON (Reuters) – The Conservatives pledged to cap immigration on Tuesday and were warned by a business organisation this could cut productivity and damage London's global competitiveness. Launching their … Continue reading

Darwin Prepares For Asylum Seekers

Darwin prepares for asylum seekers By Jacob Saulwick and Yuko Narushima The Sydney Morning Herald, April 13, 2010 http://www.smh.com.au/national/darwin-prepares-for-asylum-seekers-20100412-s444.html The Immigration Department could start using detention facilities at Darwin to house asylum seekers as soon as this week, as it … Continue reading

Young Refugee Claimants From U.S. Concern Officials

Young refugee claimants from U.S. concern officials By TOM GODFREY, Toronto Sun Last Updated: April 12, 2010 9:06pm Young children from the U.S. are being spirited to Canada for their own safety and are among the top refugee claimants at … Continue reading

Ottawa Eyes Arranged Marriages

Ottawa eyes arranged marriages By TOM GODFREY Toronto Sun Last Updated: April 12, 2010 6:16pm A plan by Ottawa to crackdown on newcomers who use arranged marriages to fraudulently come to Canada has drawn a mixed reaction from community groups. … Continue reading

Niqab Gets 2nd Quebec Student Expelled

Niqab gets 2nd Quebec student expelled CBC News Last Updated: Monday, April 12, 2010 | 2:38 PM ET Comments 1190 Recommend 371 For the second time in the space of a few months, a Quebec woman has been thrown out … Continue reading

IRS Reaches Out To Immigrants—-Offers Tax Numbers For Those Who Lack Social Security

IRS reaches out to immigrants Offers tax ID numbers for those who lack Social Security By Stephen Wall The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA), April 12, 2010 http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_14872030 As Tax Day approaches, more and more illegal immigrants are coming … Continue reading

Oklahoma Lawmaker Defends Wire Money Transfer Tax

Oklahoma Lawmaker Defends Wire Money Transfer Tax The Associated Press, April 12, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/04/12/business/AP-OK-Mexico-Trade-Flap.html Oklahoma City (AP) — An Oklahoma legislator who wrote a law imposing new fees for wire money transfers defended the measure Monday after a Mexican congressman … Continue reading

Immigration The ‘Silent’ Election Issue

Immigration: the 'silent' election issue Tom Baldwin From The Times April 12, 2010 30 Comments A walk along the River Nene provided many picture postcard delights yesterday. There were views of Peterboroughs gothic cathedral, weeping willows, and swans gliding by … Continue reading

Children Speaking English In Minority In 1500 Schools

Children speaking English in minority in 1,500 schools Children with English as their home language are among the minority of pupils in more than 1,500 schools across England. The Telegraph (U.K.), April 12, 2010 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7578540/Children-speaking-English-in-minority-in-1500-schools.html The impact of immigration since … Continue reading

Immigration Debated By Peterborough Candidates

Immigration debated by Peterborough candidates The BBC News (U.K.), April 12, 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/england/8607221.stm Peterborough has seen large numbers of immigrants arrive in the city in recent years, particularly since the European Union expanded in 2004. Many have come to the … Continue reading

Woman Mosque Leader Seeks New Muslim In Europe

Woman Mosque Leader Seeks New Muslim in Europe The Associated Press, April 12, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/04/12/world/AP-EU-Netherlands-Europes-New-Muslims.html Amsterdam (AP) — Yassmine el Ksaihi doesn't see herself as a feminist rebel. She covers her head and wears modest clothing. She learned to read … Continue reading

Obama Likely To Be Cautious About Military On Border

Obama team likely to be cautious about military on border Krentz family, friends still wait for troops By Brady McCombs and Tim Steller The Arizona Daily Star (Tucson), April 11, 2010 http://azstarnet.com/news/local/border/article_73299b91-ca69-5be7-af85-7160d2483477.html A day after laying rancher Robert Krentz to … Continue reading

Far-Right Party Poised To Make Gains In Hungary

Far-right party poised to make gains in Hungary By PABLO GORONDI Associated Press Apr 11, 2:20 PM (ET) BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) – A far-right party backed by black-clad paramilitary extremists was poised to make dramatic gains in Hungary on Sunday … Continue reading

22 People Make Refugee Claims After Vancouver Olympics

22 people make refugee claims after Vancouver Olympics By Terri Theodore (CP) April 10, 2010 VANCOUVER, B.C. Twenty-two people who came to Vancouver during the 2010 Olympics have made refugee claims in Canada, seven of them members of the “Olympic … Continue reading

Canada Begins Special Visa Program For Mexican Business Travellers

Canada begins special visa program for Mexican business travellers Could the visa war be over? Canwest News Service April 10, 2010 Almost a year after finding itself in a spat with Mexico over visas, Canada has set up a special … Continue reading

Migrants Being Denied By Australia, Says Amnesty

Migrants being denied by Australia says Amnesty Baltimore News Net, April 10, 2010 http://www.baltimorenews.net/story/622323 Amnesty International has condemned Australia's government for suspending the processing of new asylum claims by Afghan and Sri Lankan nationals. The rights group has said the … Continue reading

Kevin Rudd Shuts Refugee Door

Kevin Rudd shuts refugee door Matthew Franklin and Paige Taylor From: The Australian April 10, 2010 12:00AM KEVIN Rudd has frozen asylum applications from Afghans and Sri Lankans after receiving advice that people-smugglers were preparing to launch a new wave … Continue reading

Extra Police Sent To Christmas Island

Extra police sent to Christmas Island By Simon Cullen and Alexandra Kirk The ABC News (Australia), April 10, 2010 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/09/2869137.htm Extra Federal Police have been sent to Christmas Island to deal with any fallout from the Government's decision to change … Continue reading

Australia Halts Processing On Some Asylum Requests

Australia Halts Processing On Some Asylum Requests By Rachel Pannett The Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2010 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304198004575172793035491442.html?KEYWORDS=immigration+OR+immigrant+OR+Migrant Canberra — Australia's government said Friday it will immediately suspend processing of any new asylum-seeker applications from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, in … Continue reading