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http://nigeria.tvcnews.tv/2017/06/14/human-trafficking-nigerian-immigration-service/ The Nigerian Immigration Service, Katsina state Command has rescued 12 persons from the net of human traffickers. The Controller of Immigration in the state, Rabiu Muhammad Yaro, disclosed to newsmen that the victims were heading to Agadez, Niger Republic, on their way to Europe. He called on human traffickers and their collaborators to have a change of heart,  as the service has acquired the necessary logistics and training to counter the challenges. He revealed that the rescued victims will be handed over to NAPTIP The twelve victims, comprising  seven Females and five Males,  are from Edo state.

http://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-1.795619 American Jews are drawing on their own survival stories to denounce measures being enacted against refugees in 'sanctuary' cities Jews across America are rising up against Trump's refugee ban: 'We haven't forgotten our history' Trump cuts program created to help Jewish immigrants, leaving non-Muslim Iranians stranded Opinion The Trump administration is a far greater threat to Jews than Iran read more: http://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-1.795619 Wth moving public testimonies of childhoods spent in fear of raids and mass arrests, Holocaust survivors are being enlisted in the battles against harsh Trump immigration policies being implemented across the United States. As individual states and cities grapple with new federal policies requiring local police to act as agents of immigration authorities, survivors are pointing to parallels with World War II when local authorities in Eur...

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11876111 More than 60 employers are being investigated by Immigration New Zealand for alleged immigration fraud, it has been revealed today. The figure emerged when Labour's immigration spokesman Iain Lees-Galloway asked Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse how many employers were being investigated, or were marked for investigation for potential immigration fraud. Woodhouse replied that he had been told Immigration New Zealand was investigating 64 employers. "There are also nine employers being prosecuted by INZ who are currently before the courts." Lees-Galloway also asked Woodhouse to break down the businesses under investigation by industry, but that was turned down. To do so would take staff too long and he was "not prepared to commit the resources required to respond", Woodhouse said. The Herald revealed today  emails from Immigration NZ staff in India, obtained by the ...

https://www.cicnews.com/2017/06/baseline-300000-new-immigrants-canada-established-069235.html Levels of immigration to Canada will not dip below 300,000 new arrivals per year, Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Ahmed Hussen, has confirmed. The period of July 2015 to July 2016 saw a historic high of 320,932 new arrivals to Canada. The target for 2017 has been set at 300,000, a figure Hussen called “the baseline for admissions going forward.” “Although we don’t know what next year’s levels will be, I can tell you they will not be below 300,000,” he said, adding that, “Notably the 2017 300,000 landings plan increased the share of economic admissions from the previous year. This is a reflection of our commitment to the idea that immigration continues to be a key ingredient to our economic future as a country.” Speaking at a conference on June 10, 2017, Hussen reaffirmed his department’s commitment to welcoming newcomers, and removing obstacles to citize...

https://news.vice.com/story/australias-cruel-inhuman-immigration-policy-dealt-major-blow The Australian government agreed to pay more than $53 million Wednesday to settle a class action lawsuit from asylum seekers over their treatment at an immigration camp on a remote island in Papua New Guinea, reigniting calls for Australia to shutter its controversial and “cruel” offshore detention policy for refugees. The record Australian human rights settlement was announced on the first day of the class action suit taken against the Australian government and contractors G4S and Broadspectrum, who run the immigration camp on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island. The suit was taken on behalf of 1,905 refugees and asylum seekers seeking damages for alleged physical and psychological injuries they say they suffered in the camp. ADVERTISEMENT The plaintiffs, more than 800 of whom are still on Manus, were sent to the island as a result of a controversial policy under which Australia...

commits suicide, blames Jalandhar CROWN immigration ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਨੇ ਵੀਡੀਓ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਆਤਮ ਹੱਤਿਆ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤੀ, ਜਲੰਧਰ-ਕਰੌਨ-ਇਮੀਗ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਨ-ਫਰਮ ਨੂੰ ਜ਼ਿੰਮੇਵਾਰ ਠਹਿਰਾਇਆ ਪੀੜਤ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਫੋਨ 'ਤੇ 18 ਮਿੰਟ ਦੀ ਵੀਡੀਓ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਆਤਮ ਹੱਤਿਆ ਕੀਤੀ; ਪਰਿਵਾਰ ਦੀ ਸੰਭਾਲ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਭੈਣ ਨੂੰ ਪੁੱਛਿਆ ਕਿ ਇਕ ਇਮੀਗ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਨ ਫਰਮ ਨੂੰ ਧੋਖਾ ਦੇਣ ਲਈ, ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਪੁੜਾ ਪੱਛਮੀ ਦੇ 29 ਸਾਲਾ ਨਵੀਨ ਕੁਮਾਰ ਤੇਜੀ ਨੇ ਸ਼ਨੀਵਾਰ ਅਤੇ ਐਤਵਾਰ ਦੀ ਇੰਟਰਵੈਨਿੰਗ ਰਾਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਨੂੰ ਛੱਤ ਵਲੋਂ ਫਾਂਸੀ ਦੇ ਕੇ ਖੁਦਕੁਸ਼ੀ ਕੀਤੀ. ਲੜਕੀ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਫੋਨ 'ਤੇ 18-ਮਿੰਟ ਦੇ ਵੀਡੀਓ ਨੂੰ ਤਿਆਰ ਕਰਨ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਆਤਮ ਹੱਤਿਆ ਕਰ ਲਈ. ਵੀਡੀਓ ਵਿੱਚ, ਤੇਜੀ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਭੈਣ ਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੇ ਪਰਿਵਾਰ ਦੀ ਸੰਭਾਲ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਕਿਹਾ. ਪੀੜਤਾ ਨੇ WhatsApp 'ਤੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਭੈਣ ਨੂੰ ਇਕ ਸੰਦੇਸ਼ ਵੀ ਭੇਜਿਆ ਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਬਾਰੇ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਦੱਸਿਆ ਕਿ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਕਿੰਨਾ ਕਦਮ ਚੁੱਕਿਆ ਸੀ. ਗੁਆਂਢੀ ਦੇ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ, ਪੀੜਤਾ ਦੀ ਭੈਣ ਸਵੇਰੇ 3.30 ਵਜੇ ਸੁਨੇਹੇ ਨੂੰ ਚੈੱਕ ਕਰਨ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਪਹਿਲੀ ਮੰਜ਼ਲ 'ਤੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਕਮਰੇ ਵਿਚ ਪੁੱਜ ਗਈ ਅਤੇ ਛੱਤ ਦੇ ਪੱਖੇ ਨਾਲ ਫਾਂਸੀ ਲੱਗ ਗਈ.

Indians still mad for engineering despite threat to H-1B visa Mumbai, India (CNN)They're harder to get into than Harvard, Yale or Oxford. India's 23 elite engineering schools attract more than a million applications each year and less than 1% of applicants are successful.Traditionally seen as a ticket to a plum job in the US, the appeal of Institutes of Technology (IIT) hasn't been diminished by US President Donald Trump's "hire American" policy -- at least yet."It may impact engineering jobs for Indians in the US, but I know that global demand for IIT graduates will be sustained -- in other countries too," says Naman Narang, an 17-year-old student from Mumbai, who took the national test for admission In April.He's hopeful that, by the time he graduates in five years, "there might be another American president with revised policies." he mad rush to get engineering degrees is driven by the relatively high salaries graduates can e...