Australia issues more working holiday visas
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17:30 02/09/2013
Australian government figures show that there has been a large increase in the number of working holiday visas issued. These visas are for young people from overseas and enables them to live and work...
Australian immigration minister admits 457 visa 'rorting' claim was a 'forecast'
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Brendan O'Connor, the Australian immigration minister has been forced to admit that he had no evidence to support his claim, made on Australian TV last week, that about 10% of subclass 457 temporary...
US senators say immigration reform bill has 'substantive agreement'
16:41 08/04/2013
Senator Chuck Schumer, one of the so-called 'Gang of Eight' Republican and Democrat senators who are working on a comprehensive US immigration reform bill has said there is 'substantive agreement' on...
Murdoch enters Australian 457 temporary work visa debate
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Australia will legislate to enable more boat people to be sent to Nauru
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The Australian government is preparing to pass legislation which will enable Australia to deport asylum seekers who manage to reach the Australian mainland by boat to offshore processing camps on...
Australians question validity of Sri Lankan asylum claims
11:43 26/09/2012
Australian politicians have questioned the validity of asylum claims made by Sri Lankan nationals after 16 Sri Lankan nationals held on Christmas Island were sent back to Sri Lanka at their own...
