Why aren't Canadian politicians talking immigration?
Tuesday, 14 July 2015 14:21 The immigration file may not be sexy, but it is surely significant in an aging and demographically-challenged Canada. The issues of immigration numbers, integration, citizenship rules, family unification, refugees and reasonable accommodation are all of national importance.
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Why Clinton and Bush are battling over immigration
Tuesday, 14 July 2015 14:21 There's a reason that Hillary Clinton's attack on Jeb Bush over immigration sparked one of the sharpest exchanges between the two 2016 presidential campaigns. They're holding mirrors up to each other.
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Report: 1,800 immigrants re-arrested after local authorities declined requests to hold them
Tuesday, 14 July 2015 14:16 More than 1,800 immigrants that the federal government wanted to deport were nevertheless released from local jails and later re-arrested for various crimes, according to a government report released Monday.
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Chinese now top U.S. immigrant arrivals
Tuesday, 14 July 2015 14:05 Pan Wu, 26, originally from China and a graduate student in theoretical chemistry at Duke University in Raleigh, N.C., works at the university on May 31, 2013. Chinese Americans are represented at both ends of the economic spectrum, although when people think of Chinese immigrants they tend to think of the highly skilled and educated who arrive – the entrepreneurs, professionals, scientists and students like Wu.
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South Africa: ANC’s anti-immigrant measures impact tourism
Tuesday, 14 July 2015 14:05 Tourist arrivals into South Africa from abroad have plummeted amid the African National Congress (ANC) government’s enforcement of xenophobic anti-immigrant policies.
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Migrant crisis proves failed dream of the EU
Wednesday, 08 July 2015 17:44 There is a schizophrenic situation in the EU which once created the conditions for more immigration from Africa, but now every EU country wants to stop immigrant inflow, says Pierre Guerlain, a Professor of political science at Paris West University.
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US immigration policy hinders developing nations from actually 'developing'
Wednesday, 08 July 2015 17:44 Recently, The New York Times unintentionally lent its support to a key argument immigration enforcement advocates have used for years in their fight against open borders. In her piece “Stay Home, Pleads a Son of Eritrea,” Celestine Bohlen profiled a Eritrean activist who appealed to the waves of people leaving his country, which has long suffered under a despotic regime, telling them that “[t]he government is the problem and leaving doesn’t solve it ... escaping is not the solution.”
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Clinton tells Trump to 'stop it' after controversial immigration remarks
Wednesday, 08 July 2015 17:43 In a rare television interview, Hillary Clinton said she was "disappointed" by Donald Trumps's immigration remarks.
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Taiwan attracts high number of immigrants from Hong Kong, Macau
Wednesday, 08 July 2015 17:43 TAIPEI: Taiwan has become an increasingly popular immigration destination for residents of Hong Kong and Macau, with the number of Taiwan residency applications from the two cities in 2014 being the highest in more than two decades.
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Study: Chicago 'Immigration' Rate Dropping
Wednesday, 08 July 2015 17:43 Many large American cities need skilled workers from other countries if they are to grow. Chicago, Illinois is the third-largest city in the United States. But it may not stay that way for long. Why?
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Why the leader of Britain's Catholics thinks immigration is a good thing for Britain
Wednesday, 08 July 2015 17:42 Cardinal Vincent Nichols, spiritual leader of more than four million Catholics in England and Wales, said the Catholic Church was "enormously enriched" by the many thousands of Catholics coming to these shores as migrants.
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Swedish minister gives strongest case yet on why EU should stop turning away asylum seekers
Monday, 06 July 2015 15:19 While the EU continues to squabble over who should bear the greatest responsibility for asylum seekers arriving in Europe from areas of conflict, Sweden has asked its neighbour countries to regain a bit of perspective.
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UK: Illegal immigrants on the rise prompting tough measures at border
Monday, 06 July 2015 15:19 Migrants wait at Calais for an opportunity to sneak into Britain. Around 3,000 migrants, mostly from Eritrea, Syria and Afghanistan are camped at a site near the Port of Calais.(Getty).
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How Donald Trump Changed the GOP Debate on Immigration
Monday, 06 July 2015 15:18 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves as he arrives at a house party Tuesday, June 30, 2015, in Bedford, New Hampshire.
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Students aim to track economic benefits of immigration reform
Monday, 06 July 2015 15:18 Francisco López-Flores was talking to numerous investors in May to pitch a project to track the economic benefits of immigration reform. However, one potential investor told López-Flores not to waste his time with mere hobbies.
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Ireland: Anti-racism training needed by Gardaí and immigration services, study claims
Monday, 06 July 2015 15:18 Gardaí and the Immigration services are being singled out as in need of anti-racism training, following a new study.
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Newest illegal immigrants face more scrutiny than many criminals
Monday, 06 July 2015 15:17 BURLINGTON — Immigration officials are keeping a close watch on Veronica Morales. Every Monday, she must check in at an office in Burlington. Every Thursday, she waits for hours at home in Lynn in case an immigration contractor drops by. And if that’s not enough, officials attached a GPS device to her ankle.
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Migration pushes UK population up by 500,000 to a new record
Monday, 29 June 2015 14:33 The population of the UK has hit a record high, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said, with the average age also reaching a new peak.
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Italian PM Vents Fury at EU States Refusal to Accept Migration Quotas
Monday, 29 June 2015 14:32 Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi harshly criticized EU leaders for rejecting mandatory migrant quotas amid ongoing divisions over the ways to stop the flow of illegal migrants to Europe's southern shores.
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Australia's population increase from migration continues to slow
Monday, 29 June 2015 14:32 Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows net overseas migration figures continue to decline, with the national total falling by 15% in the last year.
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- Agadir: seminar on "the contribution of Moroccans to local development'
- Tangiers: A collective exhibition celebrates the 60th anniversary of the labour agreement between Morocco and Belgium.
- Moussem Belgica - Histoires Transnationales celebrates 60 years of migration in Belgium
- Rabat: The 6th edition of the "Festival Littératures itinérantes" on the theme of "Literature and Memory"
- Opening of the 4th International Conference on INNOVATION & HUMAN CAPITAL IN HEALTH in Rabat