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Lobby For Developers Wary Of Curb On Population

Lobby for developers wary of curb on population YUKO NARUSHIMA, IMMIGRATION CORRESPONDENT The Sydney Morning Herald April 5, 2010 URBAN developers are warning the federal government against arbitrary caps on population after Tony Burke was named the country's first population … Continue reading

Cheap Fix For Refugee Problem

Cheap fix for refugee problem A free flight home and $2,000 may be the best way to deal with Canadas longstanding issues with bogus claimants By GREG WESTON, QMI Agency The Ottawa Sun Last Updated: April 4, 2010 2:00am Bogus … Continue reading

Rejected Refugee Claimants To Be Offered Cash, Airfare

Rejected refugee claimants to be offered cash, airfare Ottawa giving refused asylum-seekers incentives to leave the country By MARIAN SCOTT The Gazette April 2, 2010 Canada will offer incentives to persuade rejected refugee claimants to leave the country, Immigration Minister … Continue reading

Dutch Too PC About Cost Of Immigration

Dutch too PC about the cost of immigration By Michel Hoebink The Radio Netherlands News, April 2, 2010 http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/dutch-too-pc-about-cost-immigration Researcher Jan van de Beek accuses Dutch scientists of ignoring the costs of migration to the Netherlands. For his PhD, he … Continue reading

Immigration Changes To Prevent Gaming Of System, Kenney Says

Immigration changes to prevent 'gaming' of system, Kenney says Adam McDowell National Post Published: Thursday, April 01, 2010 Powered by InformImmigration Minister Jason Kenney responded yesterday to critics of his government's proposed overhaul of Canada's refugee evaluation process, saying the … Continue reading

The High Cost Of Cheap Labour (Illegal Immigration And The Federal Budget)

April, 2004: The High Cost Of Cheap Labour (Illegal Immigration And The Federal Budget) The High Cost of Cheap Labor Illegal Immigration and the Federal Budget Executive Summary ——————————————————————————– This study is one of the first to estimate the total … Continue reading

EU Keen To Draw Malta Back To Frontex

EU keen to draw Malta back to Frontex Abstaining or voting would have made no difference to outcome Ivan Camilleri Times of Malta Thursday, 1st April 2010 The European Commission will not ignore Malta's objections to the new Frontex rules … Continue reading

List Of ‘Safe Countries’ Among Refugee Proposals

List of safe countries' among refugee proposals Immigration Minister Jason Kenny announces an legislation to speed up refugee claims at an Ottawa news conference on March 30, 2010. Measures aimed at speeding up process would divide asylum seekers into two … Continue reading

Immigration Should Be Restricted, Say MP’s

Immigration should be restricted, say MPs Immigration should be restricted until unemployment has more than halved, a cross-party group of MPs will say today. By James Kirkup, Political Correspondent The Telegraph Published: 7:30AM BST 31 Mar 2010 The call from … Continue reading

Brown Tells Illegal Migrants : "You Are Not Welcome"

Brown tells illegal migrants: 'You are not welcome' BBC NEWS March 31, 2010 Prime Minister Gordon Brown has stepped up his pre-election rhetoric on immigration by telling would-be illegal migrants: “You are not welcome.” Mr Brown said there had been … Continue reading

Crisis In Care Homes As New Staffing Rules Loom

Crisis in care homes as new staffing rules loom Mary Bowers From Times Online March 31, 2010 Beneath the sash window of a care home in Wimbledon, lit by a shaft of spring sunlight, Lady Cicely Mayhew sits in the … Continue reading

Refuting The Claims—-Conservatives Ready To Roll Out Unwelcome Mat To Bogus Refugee Claimants

Refuting the claims Conservatives ready to roll out unwelcome mat to bogus refugee claimants By GREG WESTON, QMI Agency Last Updated: March 30, 2010 2:00am OTTAWA—-The Conservative government is set to roll out the unwelcome mat to the annual stampede … Continue reading

Ottawa Initiates Changes On Canada’s Refugee System

Ottawa Initiates Changes On Canadas Refugee System AHN News Staff March 30, 2010 6:30 a.m. EST Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced on Monday the start of reforms on the countrys refugee system. For starters, … Continue reading

Haitian-Canadians Angry With Processing Of Residency Requests

Haitian-Canadians angry with processing of residency requests Applicants trying to be reunited with relatives By Louisa Taylor The Ottawa Citizen March 30, 2010 Frustration is mounting in Ottawa's Haitian-Canadian community as efforts to bring relatives out of the devastated country … Continue reading

The Real Issues Behind The Face-Covering Debate

The real issues behind the face-covering debate By Janice Kennedy Canwest News Service March 30, 2010 Canadians have long boasted an international reputation for tolerance, and rightly so. We tend to welcome newcomers respectfully and with reasonably open arms. For … Continue reading

Ottawa Imam Ordered Out Of Canada

Ottawa imam ordered out of Canada Egyptians work permit refused; Muslim community fears further disruption By Jennifer Green The Ottawa Citizen March 30, 2010 OTTAWA—The imam of Ottawas main mosque has been told to leave the country before Canadian immigration … Continue reading

Skilled Immigrant Visa Backlog Piling Up—Again

Skilled immigrant visa backlog piling up – again Too many applicants in 38 job categories lead to wait of more than 7 years for processing Nicholas Keung Immigration Reporter The Toronto Star Published On Mon Mar 29 2010 Despite controversial … Continue reading

Canada To Reform Refugee System : Kenney

Canada to reform refugee system: Kenney CBC NEWS Last Updated: Monday, March 29, 2010 | 5:28 PM ET Comments 377 Proposed reforms to Canada's refugee system would increase the number of refugees accepted into the country and provide more funding … Continue reading

U.S. Directs Deportees Away From Juarez

U.S. Directs Deportees Away From Jurez As Violence Worsens in the Mexican Border City, American Government Funnels Former Prisoners to Other By Nicholas Casey and Joel Millman The Wall Street Journal, March 29, 2010 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704266504575142173969288654.html?KEYWORDS=immigration+OR+immigrant+OR+migrant&mg=com-wsj Ciudad Juarez, Mexico — U.S. … Continue reading

Lindsey Graham Sees Little Hope For Immigration Overhaul

Lindsey Graham sees little hope for immigration overhaul Senator says financial reformer have some hope By Clark Brooks The Greenville News (SC), March 29, 2010 http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20100329/NEWS/303290018/1004/NEWS01/Lindsey-Graham-sees-little-hope-for-immigration-overhaul U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday he was just being honest when, two days … Continue reading