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Immigration newsletter - 20 September 2006

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Australian mining and construction companies have been expanding in order to meet increased demand. The government is actively recruiting more hospital workers and teachers, in addition to the 80,000 jobs added to the health and community service sector in 2005. Mining investment increased by 91% in the last year. Overall, employment in Australia climbed five times more than expected during June this year.

Prime Minister John Howard's administration has introduced a preliminary plan to tighten citizenship eligibility for Australia. The proposal introduces a formal test for citizenship and will go to Parliament for debate.

The Swiss will vote on a referendum plan to further restrict immigration into Switzerland in the upcoming week. Already passed by Parliament, the new law aims to limit immigration from countries outside the European Union and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). Exemptions will be made for highly skilled workers.

New U.S. passport rules for 2007 will be until 08 January 2007 at the least. Passports will be required for U.S. citizens by boat or by airplane when crossing the U.S. border. The original deadline requiring passports for air and sea passage was changed to accommodate holiday travellers.

The U.S. town at centre of an immigration lawsuit has passed a new, tougher version of its Illegal Immigration Relief Act. The Hazleton City Council passed the updated version in a bid to defend the measure against legal challenges filed last month.

Landlords face a $250 a day fine for each illegal immigrant they rent to, and business licenses may be revoked within 3 days. Legal employees may now sue employers for work lost as a result of a business license being revoked under the measure.

Latest immigration news

US passport rules for 2007 delayed by one week

The date when passports will be required for U.S. citizens flying or cruising to Canada, the Caribbean and Mexico has been extended by one week, to 08 January 2007. more »

Australian citizen test characterized as a threat to society

The Australian Federal Government's plan to tighten citizenship eligibility would dismantle the nation's multicultural society and reintroduce an Australia of the 1950s, according to one of Australia's leading scholars on immigration. more »

European policy defines Swiss immigration laws

Supporters of a plan to further restrict immigration in Switzerland, to be voted on in a referendum next weekend, cannot be accused of xenophobia, an expert says. Historian Thomas Gees says the debate on the issue is marked by fundamental differences between the left and right in Switzerland and fails to take account of European integration. more »

Children of immigrants in US study math and science to get ahead

Children with at least one parent born outside the United States are more likely to study math and physical sciences in college, driven by the aim of securing a well-paid job, according to a study released last week. more »

Australian job growth and economy strong and growing

Australia's policy of encouraging skilled migrants aged 15 to 34 is ensuring more Australian tax payers to support the retired, with this age group now making up more than 70% of skilled immigration to Australia. more »

US town at center of lawsuit passes new, tougher immigration law

Late last week, officials in the U.S. Pennsylvania town of Hazleton strengthened a local law designed to drive illegal immigrants away in a bid to defend the measure against legal challenges. The new law, approved by a vote of 4-1, increases pressure on local employers to avoid hiring illegal immigrants and raises fines for landlords who rent rooms to them. more »

US study concludes immigration does not threaten English language

Many U.S. citizens are wrongly concerned that Latino immigrants will force America to speak Spanish, possibly even creating a bilingual country. According to an academic study published on Wednesday, these fears are entirely unfounded. more »

Spain to patrol coast of Senegal to control illegal migration

Spain said Saturday that it would send planes to scan the coast of Senegal for migrants trying to sail to Europe, in a bid to stem a flood of illegal immigration from Africa to its shores. more »

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