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Canada: New $1.9m grant helps agency promote immigrant hiring A local agency that works with Ottawa employers to remove barriers to recruiting and retaining skilled immigrants says it will expand its activities after receiving a $1.9-million provincial grant. Hire Immigrants Ottawa will form a new working group focused on the biotechnology sector, complimenting the present working groups concentrated on the health care, information technology, finance and public sectors. 'Bridging programs works,' said Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Michael Chan in a statement. The Ottawa Business Journal

Canada: Border Services eyes charges against man who crashed plane An American registered sex offender who walked away from a plane crash near Sooke will walk from the hospital into the embrace of Canada Border Services, where he could face... Canada: Sikh MP fights back against nanny abuse allegations Toronto: A lawyer for embattled Indian Canadian MP Ruby Dhalla, who has been accused of exploitation by her three nannies, Friday called the charges 'an organised' conspiracy to destroy her... Canada: Immigration boosts New Brunswick's population growth OTTAWA - New Brunswick is benefiting from the loss of jobs in Ontario's manufacturing sector, especially in the auto industry, an analyst says. Charles Cirtwill, executive vice-president of the Atlantic...

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U.K.: Nationalist party draws support on halting immigration

(Media-Newswire.com) - New evidence has revealed that the extreme right in Britain is only realising a fraction of its electoral potential. Dr Rob Ford from The University of Manchester found widespread support for radical BNP proposals such as the re-imposition...
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U.K.: Parties split over use of foreign workers at gas terminal

European election candidates in Wales have reacted to unofficial strikes at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Pembrokeshire over foreign labour. There have been walkouts at other plants in support of 200 pickets at South Hook LNG in Milford...
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U.K.: Recession driving decline in east European migrants

The recession has triggered a dramatic fall in the number of east European migrants coming to work in Britain, bringing to an end five years of mass immigration, official figures show. The number of foreign-born workers leaving Britain rose by...
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Netherlands: Rotterdam acts to bar forced marriages

Rotterdam - Rotterdam is launching a new system to help prevent teenage girls from being pressured into marriage when they go away on holiday to their family's country of origin. Girls who are concerned they may be forced into an...
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Denmark: School officials may offer Arabic language classes

Copenhagen -- School pupils in Copenhagen may soon be able to study Arabic as a second language under a new proposal that seeks to give a boost to children from immigrant families, city officials said Monday. 'It is very important...
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Switzerland: Gov't shelves plans for quotas on foreign workers

The government does not want limit access to the Swiss labour market for 17 European Union member states despite concerns about increasing domestic unemployment. The decision means that citizens from neighbouring Germany, France and Italy will continue to have unrestricted...
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Mediterranean: UNHCR head seeks E.C. talks on Italy's refugee policy

GENEVA (AFP) - The head of the UN refugee agency wants the European Commission to organise talks on Italy's controversial policy of sending back illegal immigrants to Libya, a UN spokesman said Wednesday. High Commissioner Antonio Guterres wanted Italy, Malta,...
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S. Africa: Court orders closure of illegal detention center

An illegal detention centre in the South African border town Musina is set to be permanently shut down, after a strongly worded judgment by the North Gauteng High Court in South Africa was handed down this week. In February 2009,...
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C.N.M.I.: Pacific territories reps testify on H-2B, visa waiver

Local politicians didn't focus on a portion of a federal law that could determine if Guam has enough workers for the coming military buildup, according to testimony from a congressional oversight hearing held yesterday. Advertisement The congressional Subcommittee on Insular...
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Australia: Gov't to reduce skilled immigration by 14 percent

Canberra: Australia will cut its intake of migrants for the first time in a decade, the government said on Monday, amid concern that skilled foreign workers could stoke resentment by taking jobs at a time of rising unemployment. With a...
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N.Z.: Gov't to maintain current level of immigration

Wellington: New Zealand is not likely to follow Australia in cutting immigration to protect local jobs during the current recession, Prime Minister John Key indicated Monday. 'New Zealand needs skilled migrants to grow,' he said under questioning at his weekly...
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Canada: Program helps foreign nurses adjust to culture

Dharen Brar spent three years earning a diploma to become a registered nurse in India and worked in the intensive care unit of a hospital there before moving to Calgary in 2003. She knew there would be language barriers to...
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Canada: Gov't moves to aid refugee relatives of Tamil-Canadians

Some Tamil-Canadians say the military war in Sri Lanka might be over, but protests in Toronto will continue to show support for humanitarian aid and human rights for Tamils there. 'Now more than ever, Tamil Canadians need to hear from...
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Canada: Immigration probes background of pilot who crashed in B.C.

VICTORIA - The American pilot of a small plane that crashed Monday night near French Beach will be questioned by the Canada Border Services after weapons were found on the Piper-Comanche aircraft. The man, 64, emerged from the crash with...
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Canada: Border concerns to be discussed during U.S. DHS chief's visit

WASHINGTON - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is planning to make her first visit to Canada next week amid lingering concerns in Ottawa over statements that raised questions about her understanding of security issues along America's northern border. While...
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U.K.: Fugitive gets 33 years in brutal slaying of Chinese couple

A restaurant worker who lived on the run from immigration authorities was jailed for life today for the murder of a young Chinese couple who let slip details of their secret and highly lucrative betting scam. Cao Guang Hui, 31,...
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U.K.: One-time 'mole' feels betrayed by shadow Imm. Minister

For more than a year Christopher Galley, a civil servant, had put his job on the line for the man who had become his political mentor, Damian Green, the Shadow Immigration Minister. Mr Galley, 27, the most prolific Tory mole...
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Italy: PM defends diversion of refugee boats back to Libya

L'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) - Italy's holding centres for immigrants are like 'concentration camps', Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Tuesday, adding it was more humane to send migrant boats back to Libya than let them enter Italy. Berlusconi's government has...
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Greece: Frontex officers help monitor border crossings

(AP) - KIPI, Greece - Officers from an EU border protection agency used high-tech sensors to search trucks and monitor clandestine crossings along Greece's frontier with Turkey on Tuesday, as part of an eight-day exercise to help local authorities stem...
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Russia: Economic woes hinder efforts to curb population decline

Despite all the efforts Russia took to halt depopulation, the latest UN demographic report confirms that they have fallen short of the mark. As the decline of Russia's population accelerates, the country is set to face overwhelming social and economic...
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Libya: Italian Interior Min. discusses cooperation on immigration during visit

TRIPOLI (AFP) - Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni and Libyan officials on Tuesday discussed how to stem the flow of illegal immigrants to Europe, the state-run JANA news agency reported. Maroni met Libyan Interior Minister Abdelfattah al-Obeidi for follow-up talks...
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Bangladesh: Gov't minister says national ID cards to be compulsory

National identity (ID) cards would be made compulsory for every citizen of the country by amending the citizenship act, said Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday. 'If necessary laws will be amended to make national ID cards compulsory because laws are...
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Indonesia: Ten Afghan illegals sought after fleeing detention

Surabaya. Police and immigration officials were searching late on Tuesday for 10 illegal Afghan migrants who broke out of a detention center in East Java. The migrants, arrested over the weekend, were being detained in a hallway on the second...
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C.N.M.I.: Officials want to delink immigrant work cap and tourism issues

Vice Speaker Benjamin J. Cruz will ask members of Congress to separate two issues linked by public law so a debate on Marianas tourism won't hinder Guam's ability to prepare a workforce for the military buildup. U.S. Public Law 110-229...
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Australia: PM's stance on immigration displeases some voters

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25509826-5013871,00.html After 18 months of the Rudd Government, Ken Hill is disappointed by what he has seen. 'I don't think he's done what a Labor person should be doing,' Mr Hill said yesterday. 'If there was an election tomorrow I...
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Australia: Tamils seek humanitarian visas for Sri Lankans with Aussie kin

The Sri Lankan high commissioner to Australia has suggested that members of the Tamil Tigers were behind a vicious attack on two students who had acid thrown on their faces during a home invasion. The fallout from the attack in...
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Canada: M.P.'s case focuses attention on nanny program

OTTAWA - If there's a silver lining in the Ruby Dhalla affair, it may be for the organizations who have long sought better protection for thousands of Filipinas who come to Canada each year to work as nannies and caregivers....
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Canada: Imm. Minister weighs options in case of released killer

The Canadian Immigration Minister's office is looking at all options to get a convicted Bosnian murderer back into custody. Elvir Pobric was convicted of the execution-style shooting of two men in Bosnia back in 1992. He served 3 years of...
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Jamaica: Gay men often driven to pursue asylum

Lisa Biagiotti is reporting on HIV/AIDS, sexuality and young gay men in Jamaica. Her interest in the subject began when she met Alex Brown* 18 months ago. The story below is his - of a gay Jamaican who received asylum...
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U.K.: Home Office rules take aim at shady immigration advisers

The UK Home Office is proposing tough new rules to tackle rogue immigration advisers. Historically, many immigrants have suffered at the hands of unscrupulous and dishonest immigration advisors. The proposals would give greater powers to the Office of the Immigration...
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