President Barack Obama spoke before a joint session of congress, Senate and House, with supreme court members, government leaders, military leaders and specially invited guests. This speech continues a tradition of...
Canada, a nation of 31 million, is doing its share in providing aid to Haiti. The outpouring of response from Canadians to the Red Cross has been overwhelming. Corporations have also donated around $5 Million. In...
"Two B.C. members of Parliament invoked the spirit of Christmas Sunday as they called for the government to back down and allow former KGB agent Mikhail Lennikov to stay in Canada." Mikhail Lennikov is a name...
Biometrics checks using finger prints can be fooled, one only has to have the money for skin surgery to some US$15,000 to fool immigration is a worth while price to pay. " A Chinese woman managed to...
This is mainly due to the fact that locally employed embassy staff can not be trusted and that embassies lack the numbers of British citizens to check documentation. In the Philippines for an example office staff...
"Four Ethiopian domestic workers are thought to have killed themselves in three weeks. Lebanon must protect these women. They mop floors, take out the rubbish, walk the dog, buy groceries and care for the children, the elderly or disabled. Many a well-to-do and lower middle...
The U.S. has always been considered a place where others could seek asylum, and now gays of the world have begun seeking asylum under a federal sexual orientation clause added in 1994. An immigration attorney has told Associated Press that he...
The crew of the Steve Irwin - the newest anti-whaling ship belonging to pressure group Sea Shepherd - are still planning to protest against Japanese whaling in December, despite the Australian government's...
"Medical experts have found clear evidence that children held in UK immigration centres develop mental and physical health difficulties, according to a report published today."The UK does not have a good record at the moment in its treatment of asylum seekers. First, it ...
A memo leaked to the British media reveals that Home Office officials relaxed immigration rules retrospectively to allow an estimated 40,000 illegal immigrants to remain in the country. Over the last few years,...
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" Consider this cost: After years of mule-headed congressional refusals to increase the number of H-1B visas for highly skilled workers, Microsoft recently opened a research facility in Vancouver for such workers. We...
7 years after the controversial refugee camp at Sangatte in France was closed by officials there, the French state has found itself dealing with another group of immigrants seeking a way to get over the channel to...
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Australia is struggling to manage increased immigration. For a start, we don't have sufficient infrastructure (transport, housing, energy, health and education, and especially water), in place for the current 22 million citizens. Limited supplies of water top the list,...
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A study shows increased immigration has helped Sweden boosting foreign trade. For an increase of about 12,000 people, $1 billion of export is generated. The study looked at the data from 2002 to 2007. About 200,000 people immigrated to Sweden, and the total value of Swedish...
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Britain's most senior law officer - Baroness Scotland of Asthal, the Attorney-General - is facing questions following the revelation that she hired an illegal immigrant as a housekeeper. Claiming to have...