France responds to EU complaints after Gypsy spat By Angela Doland The Associated Press, October 15, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/15/AR2010101502803.html France is willing to alter some of its laws in response to European Commission complaints that followed the government's expulsions of Gypsies, … Continue reading
Wilders not guilty on all counts DutchNews.nl, October 15, 2010 http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/10/wilders_not_guilty_of_inciting.php The public prosecution department on Friday afternoon stated that Geert Wilders is not guilty of discriminating against Muslims. Earlier on Friday it announced he should also be found not … Continue reading
Wilders warns new cabinet on 'non-western' immigration DutchNews.nl, October 15, 2010 http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/10/wilders_warns_new_cabinet_on_n.php The new cabinet will have a problem if it does not reduce the number of non-western immigrants to the Netherlands, PVV leader Geert Wilders told tv current affairs … Continue reading
This bulletin is a shortened version of a fraud marriage report which was sent to Citizenship and Immigration Canada. It was written by a Canadian man who had sponsored a woman from Pakistan to come to Canada as his wife. … Continue reading
Tamil couple changed names, lied about identities, immigration board says Marten Yousseff, Vancouver From Friday's Globe and Mail Published Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010 10:17PM EDT Last updated Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010 10:30PM EDT A Tamil woman and her husband, who … Continue reading
Student immigration scam investigated By TOM GODFREY Toronto Sun Last Updated: October 14, 2010 5:00pm An immigration scam targeting Chinese foreign students who are seeking online help with their visas is under investigation, Toronto Police said Thursday. Those conducting the … Continue reading
Home Office to lift ban on deporting failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe By Alan Travis The Guardian (London), October 14, 2010 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/oct/14/asylum-seekers-home-office-lifts-zimbabwe-deportation-ban The four-year-old ban on sending more than 10,000 failed asylum seekers back to Zimbabwe is to be lifted, … Continue reading
East Timor in no rush to endorse refugee centre The Australian, October 15, 2010 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/east-timor-in-no-rush-to-endorse-refugee-centre/story-fn59niix-1225938921115 East Timor's Foreign Minister Zacarias da Costa has warned a refugee processing centre in Timor could take 'a bit longer' than Australia wants. But speaking … Continue reading
Time limit agreed for Dili asylum site By Paul Maley The Australian, October 14, 2010 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/time-limit-agreed-for-dili-asylum-site/story-fn59niix-1225938381957 Australia has agreed to a key condition laid down by East Timor in its negotiations over a refugee processing centre. Asylum-seekers would spend a … Continue reading
Overseas prostitute says NZ low risk By Lincoln Tan The New Zealand Herald, October 14, 2010 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10680389 Legalised prostitution has encouraged foreign sex workers to move here without visas or residency because it is 'low risk', a prostitute has said. … Continue reading
Foreign student drop leads to uni job cuts By Melissa Brown ABC News (Australia), October 14, 2010 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/14/3037834.htm?site=melbourne The Victorian Opposition says hundreds of jobs will be lost because of the Government's failure to address concerns about violence against Indian … Continue reading
Rise in ASIO complaints linked to Christmas Island workload By Dylan Welch The Sydney Morning Herald, October 15, 2010 http://www.smh.com.au/national/rise-in-asio-complaints-linked-to-christmas-island-workload-20101014-16lwt.html ASIO is struggling under a deluge of immigration security checks, with complaints about the speed of vetting jumping by 563 … Continue reading
Sex slaves staffed brothels, police say Yahoo News Wed Oct 13, 11:26 PM VANCOUVER (CBC) – A man has been arrested on charges that he was running several brothels in Metro Vancouver staffed by women police say were lured from … Continue reading
Florida tomato pickers announce new deal with growers to improve worker conditions By Laura Wides-Munoz The Associated Press, October 13, 2010 http://www.latimes.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-us-florida-farmworkers,0,3587837.story A group representing Florida farmworkers and one of the country's largest tomato growers said Wednesday they reached an … Continue reading
Canada aids in Thai arrest of Tamil migrants COLIN FREEZE From Tuesday's Globe and Mail (Includes Correction) Published Monday, Oct. 11, 2010 7:42PM EDT Last updated Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 1:33PM EDT 301 comments Thai authorities have arrested more than … Continue reading
Newcomers exploiting the system By MINDELLE JACOBS QMI Agency Last Updated: October 12, 2010 12:00am Anyone who dares suggest Canadas immigration system is overly generous, easy to abuse and frighteningly unmonitored is automatically deemed a bigot in certain circles. Its … Continue reading
Canada's role in Thailand arrests queried CBC News Last Updated: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 | 7:47 PM ET Comments 266 Recommend 87 Immigration advocates say Canada may have contravened international law if it had any role in the arrest of … Continue reading
Tories need to do more to win the new immigrant vote By Bruce M. Hicks Pacific Asian Post Tuesday, October 12, 2010 [The South Asian Post, October 14, 2010] Since Stephen Harper transitioned from being leader of the Canadian Alliance … Continue reading
They will keep coming There are good reasons to believe that many Tamil migrants are taking advantage of Canada's flawed refugee process By Martin Collacott Citizen Special October 11, 2010 7:59 AM The arrival of a boatload of Sri Lankan … Continue reading
First multimedia Sikh museum opens in Canada By Gurmukh Singh Thaindian News, October 11, 2010 by IANS [South Asian Post, October 14, 2010] Mississauga, Oct 11 (IANS) Canada became the first country after India to open a unique Multimedia Sikh … Continue reading
QUICK IMMIGRATION FACTS----THE FOLLOWING "CLOCKS" BEGAN ON JANUARY 1, 2012 :
1. Cost of Immigration to Canada (An Estimated Maximum Total of $23.6 Billion per year). That amounts to $64,657,000 per day.
2. Number of immigrants to Canada --- average of close to 250,000 per year for the past 20 years. That's 684 per day and 28 per hour.
3. Number of New Temporary Foreign Workers Allowed to Work in Canada : About 180,000 per year. That means an average of 493 enter Canada every day. In 2011, around 300,000 Temporary Foreign Workers (new ones + ones already here) worked in Canada.
4. Number of People Making Refugee Claims In Canada Every Year : An average of 30,000. That's an average of 82 per day.
