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Australian government launches new leaflet to help immigrants settle
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The Australian government has launched a new leaflet to help inform recent immigrants to Australia about the government's settlement policy and to inform them of the services that are available to help them settle.
UK immigration minister lays out plan to fight illegal immigration
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The United Kingdom's Immigration Minister, Damian Green MP, has announced a range of measures to cut immigration to the UK. He said that, during the last Labour government, which ruled from 1997 to 2010, immigration controls had been too loose. 3.5m immigrants settled in the UK, many of them from the ten eastern European countries which joined the European Union in 2004.
UK newspaper reports University stripped of UKBA Highly Trusted Sponsor status
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London Metropolitan University has been stripped of its Highly Trusted Sponsor (HTS) status by the United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) according to a report which appeared in The Sunday Times on Sunday 26th August 2012. The newspaper said that its report was based on information leaked by the UKBA. If the paper is correct, then students who already have places at the university will lose the right to study in the UK. London Metropolitan would be the first publicly funded education institute to lose HTS status.
Home Secretary announces crackdown on bogus marriages
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The United Kingdom's Home Secretary, Theresa May, has announced a crackdown on sham marriages. Writing in The Sun newspaper for 28th August 2012, Mrs May says she will legislate to allow the UKBA to delay a wedding involving a non-EU national when its investigators suspect that it may be bogus. The wedding will be delayed to allow time for an investigation and will only be allowed if the UKBA is satisfied that the relationship is genuine.
Canadian Immigration Minister says changes to system will continue
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Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has today (24th August 2012) issued a statement reviewing the changes made in the last twelve months by his department, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC).

He says that CIC has introduced a great many changes to improve the system but still has further to go. Mr Kenney said 'Our government has a plan for a faster, more flexible system that will better meet Canada's economic needs while continuing to uphold our humanitarian commitments.'

UK Border Agency to set up database
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The United Kingdom's immigration authority, the UK Border Agency, has announced that it intends to launch a database of information about immigrants to the UK in September. The UKBA has been working on the National Allegation Database for some time. It is intended to store information about foreign nationals residing in the UK and to prevent people from staying in the country illegally. The UKBA hopes that the database will enable it to clear the backlog of 276,000 immigration cases currently on its books.