Canada immigration minister wants major changes
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12:43 27/09/2005
Canada's Immigration Minister is pushing for major changes to the country's immigration system, according to government sources. If the changes are accepted, Canada will be bringing in more than 300,...
Brussels hopes to control EU immigration
9:17 02/09/2005
Immigrants to Britain and other EU member states will have to swear an oath of allegiance to EU laws and the European Charter of Fundamental Rights, rather than the Queen, under a proposal announced...
10-year-old sues Australian Immigration Department
12:45 31/08/2005
A 10-year-old Iranian boy took legal action against the Australian government on 30 August. His lawyers say he was psychologically hurt by living in immigration detention camps. Shayan Badraie is...
Immigration under fire in New Zealand
9:57 26/08/2005
Immigration has come under political debate in New Zealand . New Zealand First says that the Labour and National Party's immigration policies have not ended skill shortages, and are keeping New...
Australian immigration officials blamed for elderly woman's death
18:14 25/08/2005
Australian Immigration officials are facing possible legal action after being accused of contributing to the death of an elderly Syrian woman seeking to extend a visitor visa due to ill health. While...
New Zealand aims to bring New Zealanders home
12:16 23/08/2005
The New Zealand Government is trying to encourage its own expatriate New Zealanders to come home. More than 460,000 New Zealand-born citizens - or 14 per cent of the NZ-born population - live...
