Immigration News Headlines – March, 2016

National Post View: The Liberals don’t own our history
National Post, March 7, 2016

Hello, Canada’s calling us too
By Ishani Duttagupta, The Economic Times, March 7, 2016

Memos suggest border agency broke rules in ‘vehicle safety blitz’ that deported 13
By Will Campbell, Global News, March 6, 2016

Vancouver’s fuerdai turning immigration dream on its head
By Mike Robinson, Troy Media, March 6, 2016

Who’s Missing in the Canadian Immigration Debate?
The Real News, March 6, 2016

Citizenship decision shocking
Readers’ letters, The Star, March 6, 2016

Time to rewrite Citizenship Act to make Trudeau’s words ring true: advocate
National Observer, March 4, 2016

Canada’s immigration plan needs to keep economic focus
By By Reis Pagtakhan, CBC News, March 4, 2016

Do non-Syrian refugees get a fair shake at receiving aid from Canada?
By Eric Andrew-Gee, The Globe and Mail, March 4, 2016

Canada gives visa-exempt travellers 6 months to comply with electronic travel authorization
By Susana Mas, CBC News, March 4, 2016

Liberals offering quick and easy citizenship
By Candice Malcolm, Toronto Sun, March 4, 2016

Visitor permit gives Metcalfe man with kidney failure chance at ‘second life’
By Paula McCooey, Ottawa Citizen, March 4, 2016

Canada: path to citizenship eased for international students
The Pie News, March 4, 2016

NDP’s immigration booby trap
By Graham Lane, Winnipeg Sun, March 3, 2016

Quebec refugee sponsor wants processing time decreased
By Kate McKenna, CBC News, March 4, 2016

Quebec Announces Two Future Intake Periods for Skilled Worker Immigration Program
Canada Live News, March 3, 2016

‘Lost Canadians’ in endless battles for citizenship: advocate
By Stephanie Levitz, Global News, March 3, 2016

Canada should ‘re-engineer’ immigration based on lessons from Syrian refugee process: minister
By Alla Dharssi, National Post, March 3, 2016

Liberals consider covering all refugees’ travel costs as 1st budget nears
By Susana Mas, CBC News, March 3, 2016

New Syrian refugees to be hit with bill for travel
By Nicholas Keung, The Star, March 2, 2016

Google searches for ‘how to move to Canada’ skyrocket after Donald Trump’s Super Tuesday blowout
By Jason Silverstein, New York Daily News, March 2, 2014

World immigration in news

Iranian Couple in Cambodia Resettlement Deal Return Home By Sopheng Cheang, ABC News, March 8, 2016E.U. council says ‘days of irregular migration to Europe are over’ Alianza News, March 8, 2016Merkel Allies Doubt EU Summit Gain as State Vote Losses Loom Bloomberg Business, March 8, 2016Blow to Australia’s $55 million Cambodia deal as two more refugees quit By Nicole Hasham, The Sydney Morning Herald, March 8, 2016Changes to U.S. immigration regulations extends the “240-day rule” to persons with temporary H-1B1, E-3, and CW-1 work visas By Jacob Mulewicz, JD Supra, March 7, 2016Turkey to EU: If you want to send us back your migrants, send money too By James McAuley, The Star, March 7, 2016Fears policing databases will be made exempt from privacy laws By Paul Farrell, The Guardian, March 8, 2016The scale of Europe’s migration crisis By Hannah Murphy, Financial Times, March 7, 2016How immigration makes Switzerland the world’s most inventive nation By Phillip Judd, Le News, March 8, 2016Austria asks Germany to number how many refugees is New Europe, March 7, 2016 Turkey Places Conditions on E.U. for Migrant Help By Jams Kanter, New York Times, March 7, 2016 Migrant men with legal right to be in UK ‘face exclusion and hostility’ By Dean Kirby, Independent, March 7, 2016 If Britain Leaves E.U., Some Fear France Would Stop Blocking Migrants at Calais By Celestine Bohlen, New York Times, March 7, 2016 Draft proposal of EU-Turkey agreement on migration The Star Online, March 8, 2016 Trump’s trade and immigration stances are partly right and partly wrong, economists say By Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, March 7, 2016 Fears as support for anti-immigrant party grows in Germany: AFD makes shock election gains By Allan Hall, Express, March 7, 2016 Watch: Europe cannot hive off migration problem to smaller states of the south – Alfred Sant Independent, March 7, 2016 UK to join Nato refugee patrols in Aegean By Rajeevf Syal & Helena Smith, The Guardina, March 7, 2016 Merkel slams anti-immigration party Otago Daily Times, March 6, 2016 Anti-immigration PM wins Slovakian election but loses majority Malta Today, March 6, 2016 EU acting like ‘human trafficker’ of refugees, says Austrian minister By Philip Oltermann, The  Guardian, March 5, 2016 Donald Trump promotes an impossible immigration policy to become popular By Zahir Janmohamed, The Economic Times, March 6, 2016 Judge claims toddlers can be ‘taught enough immigration law’ to defend themselves in court By Davin Kearns, Independent Ireland, March 5, 2016 ‘Bloody Nanny’ accused of beheading child provokes political reaction in Russia By Susan Omiston, CBC News, March 4, 2016 Donald Trump softens stance on torture and illegal immigration Independent Ireland, March 4, 2016