New Zealand immigration grants stay of execution for fat chef
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14:32 13/09/2013
The New Zealand immigration minister has announced that Albert Buitenuis, a South African chef, will be allowed to stay in the country. This reversed an earlier decision that he should be deported...
Matt Damon's new film is 'a metaphor for immigration'
12:19 23/08/2013
American movie star Matt Damon has told the British national broadcaster The BBC that his new film, Elysium, is a metaphor for immigration. Mr Damon was speaking to the BBC television's Breakfast...
Fat chef faces deportation from New Zealand
15:49 31/07/2013
Albert Buitenhuis, a South African chef, faces deportation from New Zealand because he is too fat. Mr Buitenhuis, 50, is five feet eight inches tall (173cm) and weighs 286 pounds ( 20 stone 6 pounds...
Australian immigration minister introduces legislation to help win The Ashes
11:27 06/06/2013
Australia has a new cricketing hero; Australian immigration minister Brendan O'Connor. The Australian team needed help and Mr O'Connor has leapt to the rescue. He will not, sadly, be playing himself...
UK immigration instigates TB screening in South Africa and Zimbabwe
18:42 08/01/2013
We would advise you that, as of 31st December 2012, people from the following countries: South Africa Lesotho Swaziland Zimbabwe will need to be tested for tuberculosis (TB) before they apply for a...
Australian immigration predicted to hit 209,000 in 2014-2015
12:17 23/08/2012
The Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) predicts that annual net overseas immigration will rise slowly to about 208,000 in the year ending in June 2016 from its current level...
