Films about immigrants take top honors at film festival
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9:47 29/01/2006
Two films examining immigrant life in America, the Hispanic teen drama "Quinceanera" and the Sudanese refugee documentary "God Grew Tired of Us," won top honors January 28 at the Sundance Film...
Mexico won't give US maps to illegal immigrants
10:28 27/01/2006
Earlier this week, Mexico announced plans to give US maps to would-be illegal immigrants, detailing where to find water and help in the desert as they attempt to reach the United States. Mexico...
Illegal Mexican immigrants to get US maps
19:41 26/01/2006
A Mexican government agency is to issue some 70,000 maps marking main roads and water tanks for people wanting to cross illegally into the US . The National Human Rights Commission says the maps are...
Canada's Conservatives win national election
11:37 24/01/2006
Canada's Conservative Party led by Stephen Harper won the Canadian national elections Monday and ended 13 years of Liberal rule. It is a victory that is expected to move Canada rightward on social...
Australia continues searching world for skilled migrants
18:11 23/01/2006
From the small town of Toowoomba near Australia's Gold Coast, Dennis Davey is searching the world for people to work in his 200-person engineering company. The Los Angeles Times reports. He has...
Indian business people visiting Australia more and more
15:51 23/01/2006
Business professionals from India are one of the largest national groups applying for Australian business visas . India is already among the top four countries providing Australia with skilled...