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UK minister says students should be removed from immigration figures
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The United Kingdom's Universities Minister, David Willetts MP, has said that international students should be removed from the net migration figures that are released every year by the UK's Office for National Statistics. He has also asked the government to make a commitment that it will not place a cap on the numbers of students who are awarded visas allowing them to study in the UK.

Australia says enterprise migration agreements will continue
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The Australian government has said that it will continue to enter into controversial Enterprise Migration Agreements with mining companies despite a slowdown in the economy and growing union opposition.

Obama says he will reintroduce immigration legislation in second term
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President Obama told a Spanish television interviewer on Thursday 13th September 2012 that he had not broken a campaign promise by his failure to reform the United States law on illegal immigration during his first term. He later said that he will try to reintroduce the bill in his second term if re-elected.

Canadian economy 'will need 350,000 immigrants annually from 2016'
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A report issued by the Toronto Dominion Bank says that, because the Canadian labour force is ageing, from 2016 Canada will need 350,000 migrants annually to maintain adequate growth in the workforce. However, the report states that this is only one factor to be taken into account when the government devises its immigration policy.
Australia prepares to send first refugees to Nauru
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The Australian government is expected to fly the first planeload of asylum seekers to the Pacific Island of Nauru within 24 hours but there is growing controversy regarding the rights that those transported will enjoy while there. Two days ago, Nauru's foreign minister Kieren Keke told Australian broadcaster ABC that it was his understanding that the internees would be given access to legal advice and support and that, initially, they would be held under Australian jurisdiction.
Australia sends first asylum seekers to Nauru
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On Friday 14th September 2012 the Australian government sent the first group of asylum seekers to Nauru since the offshore asylum seeker processing camp was closed in 2008. 30 Sri Lankan men were flown from Christmas Island, an Australian island near Java, to Nauru by plane. They will live in a camp on Nauru while their asylum applications are processed. Initially they will live in tents because accommodation blocks have not been completed.