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US schools desperate to fill foreign student quotas

10:35 10/08/2006
Universities and other United States schools are struggling to find enough students from foreign countries to fill their quotas. Most states and schools set a number of students they wish to admit...

Visas to UK will soon carry fingerprint data

18:17 09/08/2006
• Watch This Video Travelers hoping to visit the United Kingdom are likely to have to give their fingerprints in future, as officials are working towards introducing biometric visas. The plan to...

Australian immigration policy - Controversy continues

18:00 09/08/2006
• Watch This Video Three Liberal backbenchers have defied the prime minister and vowed to cross the floor of parliament to vote against the government's new hardline immigration policy. Petro...

Spain arrests fairground migrants

10:16 09/08/2006
Police in Spain's Ceuta enclave in North Africa have arrested 383 migrants who tried to enter Spain by hiding in fairground attractions. The migrants - mostly Moroccans - wanted to reach the Spanish...

Canada - US woman may apply for refugee status

10:09 09/08/2006
An American woman arrested in Canada after two years on the run with her young daughter is expected to appear before an immigration hearing in the near future. Citizenship and Immigration Department...

United Nations updates and amends rescue at sea conventions for refugees

16:41 08/08/2006
• Watch This Video The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has amended Maritime Conventions to facilitate search-and-rescue at sea. In response to several incidents in recent years...

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