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"Bad Deal": New Zealand Foreign Minister Slams India Trade Agreement
New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters has strongly criticised the newly announced India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA), calling it "neither free nor fair".
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Haryana Man, Jailed In Australia For Attacking Sikhs, Deported
An Indian man has been deported from Australia for attacking Sikhs several times last year and earlier this year, the country's immigration and citizenship minister tweeted.
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India To Be Part Of Australia's Working Holiday Visa Programme
Australia plans to expand the ''Working Holiday Maker'' visa programme to over a dozen countries, including India, to recruit workers to regional areas to solve the labour shortages particularly on farms, Immigration Minister David Coleman said today
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After Scrapping 457 Visa, Australia Unveils Tighter Citizenship Laws
Announcing sweeping changes to Australia's citizenship laws, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull today unveiled tighter requirements for new applicants, a move that follows the scrapping of the 457 visa program for foreign workers.
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Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull Under Fire Over Minister's 'Xenophobic' Refugee Claim
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, in the midst of a tight election campaign, came under fire on Thursday for backing his immigration minister over claims resettling "illiterate and innumerate" refugees would strain the social safety network.
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Australian Immigration Minister Under Fire For 'Illiterate' Refugees Comment
Australia's immigration minister was accused of xenophobia Wednesday after he said increasing the nation's refugee intake would lead to "illiterate and innumerate" people claiming welfare or taking local jobs.
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Controversial Minister To Become Australia's Rights Envoy
The former Australian immigration minister who began the widely condemned policy of sending asylum seekers to Pacific island detention camps will become Australia's first special envoy for human rights, the government said today.
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Australia Defends Immigration Policy Against UN Criticism
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has defended Australia's hardline policy on asylum-seekers against criticism from the United Nations, particularly from countries such as North Korea.
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Rajnath Singh Meets Australian Official, Reviews Security Cooperation
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today met Australia's Attorney General George Brandis QC and reviewed cooperation between the two countries in the fields of security, terrorism, narcotics, forensic technology and immigration, an official statement said.
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Asylum Seeker's Rape Claims Overshadow Australia's Bid for UN Rights Body
Australia's hardline immigration policies overshadowed the launch of its bid to join the UN Human Rights Council today, with the government and rights lawyers arguing bitterly over a pregnant Somali asylum-seeker who claims she was raped.
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"Bad Deal": New Zealand Foreign Minister Slams India Trade Agreement
New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters has strongly criticised the newly announced India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA), calling it "neither free nor fair".
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Haryana Man, Jailed In Australia For Attacking Sikhs, Deported
An Indian man has been deported from Australia for attacking Sikhs several times last year and earlier this year, the country's immigration and citizenship minister tweeted.
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India To Be Part Of Australia's Working Holiday Visa Programme
Australia plans to expand the ''Working Holiday Maker'' visa programme to over a dozen countries, including India, to recruit workers to regional areas to solve the labour shortages particularly on farms, Immigration Minister David Coleman said today
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After Scrapping 457 Visa, Australia Unveils Tighter Citizenship Laws
Announcing sweeping changes to Australia's citizenship laws, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull today unveiled tighter requirements for new applicants, a move that follows the scrapping of the 457 visa program for foreign workers.
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Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull Under Fire Over Minister's 'Xenophobic' Refugee Claim
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, in the midst of a tight election campaign, came under fire on Thursday for backing his immigration minister over claims resettling "illiterate and innumerate" refugees would strain the social safety network.
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Australian Immigration Minister Under Fire For 'Illiterate' Refugees Comment
Australia's immigration minister was accused of xenophobia Wednesday after he said increasing the nation's refugee intake would lead to "illiterate and innumerate" people claiming welfare or taking local jobs.
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Controversial Minister To Become Australia's Rights Envoy
The former Australian immigration minister who began the widely condemned policy of sending asylum seekers to Pacific island detention camps will become Australia's first special envoy for human rights, the government said today.
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Australia Defends Immigration Policy Against UN Criticism
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has defended Australia's hardline policy on asylum-seekers against criticism from the United Nations, particularly from countries such as North Korea.
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Rajnath Singh Meets Australian Official, Reviews Security Cooperation
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today met Australia's Attorney General George Brandis QC and reviewed cooperation between the two countries in the fields of security, terrorism, narcotics, forensic technology and immigration, an official statement said.
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Asylum Seeker's Rape Claims Overshadow Australia's Bid for UN Rights Body
Australia's hardline immigration policies overshadowed the launch of its bid to join the UN Human Rights Council today, with the government and rights lawyers arguing bitterly over a pregnant Somali asylum-seeker who claims she was raped.
