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The IPPR paper argues that under the Labour government the absence of clear objectives for immigration policy made effective policy-making very difficult. On the other hand the coalition government’s net migration target has somewhat successfully filled this space with a clear and easy to communicate objective, but one that IPPR thinks produces bad policies.
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>> Original article at december18.
They hand you a soothing cup of Tim Hortons, pack frozen beef in factories, pick blueberries and apples on Abbotsford farms, serve fast-food meals and wipe tables, excavate mines and drill for oil in Western Canada, and raise your kids as if they were their own. Typically paid far less than Canadians, unprotected by labour laws, and disposed of when their contracts end, these migrant labourers have become ubiquitous while remaining all but invisible.
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On this International Migrants’ Day, painful reminders of the plight of millions of migrant workers are ever present.
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>> Original article at december18.
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Migrant worker advocates are angered and shocked to learn that the Federal Government is once again attacking one of Canada’s most vulnerable populations.
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>> Original article at december18.
Leaders from across the evangelical community came together today to release open letters to President Obama and to the House and Senate leadership, seeking action on immigration policy. On a press call this morning, leaders discussed the implications of the 2012 election and their plans for harnessing the growing consensus in the evangelical community around reform.
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>> Original article at december18.
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For immigrants and immigrant rights advocates, the post-election news that many Republicans understand that comprehensive immigration reformhas to be tackled and that key Senate leaders such as Charles Schumer and Lindsey Graham already are working on a blueprint is splendid. The challenge will be in determining just what should go into that comprehensive package?
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>> Original article at december18.
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Belgium is often overlooked as a country of immigration because of its size and its less known history of immigration. Yet over the last three decades Belgium has become a permanent country of settlement for many different types of migrants. Migration, asylum, and integration policies have largely been responsive in nature, reacting to circumstance, rather than pursuing a long-term vision.
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The news today that immigration backlogs are, in the opinion of the Home Affairs Select Committee, “spiralling out of control” will seem alarming to the large body of public opinion who had expected the coalition government to get some order into the management of migration.
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MRN – Migrants Rights Network
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This issue of MPP includes eight articles (in English, French and Spanish) written mostly by participants in the International Dialogue on Migration (IDM) 2012, which focused on “Managing migration in crisis situations”. The IDM was established by IOM Member States in 2001 in order to provide a forum for the exchange of views and experiences and to promote regional and global debate and dialogue on migration.
Jose Sicajau is finally back in Canada, but not the way he wants to be. The farmer from Guatemala would like to be working on a Canadian farm for several months, harvesting cabbage and peppers, and earning triple the money he could make back home.
Sicajau did just that four years in a row through a joint Canada-Guatemala program to bring seasonal workers to Canadian farms. He was one of tens of thousands of labourers on whom the agriculture sector relies to produce its crops.
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