2011 Week 37 Population Immigration & Citizenship Clippings

Declining Birthrates, Expanded Bureaucracy: Is U.S. Going European?

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To President Barack Obama and many other Democrats, Europe continues to exercise something of a fatal attraction. The "European dream" embraced by these politicians - as well as by many pundits, academics and policy analysts usually consists of an America governed by an expanded bureaucracy, connected by high-speed trains and following a tough green energy policy. One hopes that the current crisis gripping the E.U. will give even the most devoted Europhiles pause about the wisdom of such mimicry. Yet the deadliest European disease the U.S. must avoid is that of persistent demographic decline.... USA Europe New Geography 16/9/11

German Family Ministry Welcomes Newborn

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,785967,00.html

German Family Minister Kristina Schröder returned to work Monday with her baby in tow, some 12 weeks after giving birth. The first German cabinet member to give birth while in office, the 34-year-old has had her workspace equipped to accommodate baby Lotte Marie....

National Tax Forum Must Consider Social Equity - VCOSS Special Tax Edition | The Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS) has urged participants to the October Tax Forum to remember that the point of the tax system is social equity and stability...Australia

Right-Wing Populists Face Test in Denmark

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Just two months after the politically inspired massacre in Norway, a right-wing populist party, one of Europe's most influential, will face a test of voter sentiment at the ballot box. The Danish People's Party has been instrumental in tightening at least 20 laws pertaining to immigration and migration....Denmark Germany Spiegel 13/9/11

Population Ageing The High Price of Living Longer: Pay-as-you-go or No Frills Aged Care?

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The Productivity Commission's controversial recommendations for aged care have provided food for thought for policymakers, insurers and many older Australians. The news that an ageing population must fund its own care costs, where possible by drawing on that treasured asset, the family home, was only the beginning. The insurance industry is confronting market failure for its inability to provide long-term care products. While many are hoping the government will pick up the slack, a few older Australians already have taken flight for less costly living offshore. But, as Australian School of Business actuarial professor Michael Sherris says, the huge issue of funding aged care won't go away so readily.... Australia University of New South Wales13/9/11

Ageing S'pore population not due to 'Stop at Two' policy
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Mr Lee Kuan Yew denied that "Stop at Two" policy launched by the Government in the 1960s had contributed to an ageing population in Singapore today. He was speaking at the seventh anniversary of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, ...Singapore Asia One 15/9/11

Coming Together to Make Aging a Little Easier

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Innovative approaches to managing some of the difficulties of aging are bubbling up around the country, often initiated by women who want to stay independent, said Alyson Burns, an AARP spokeswoman. "Women by nature congregate around shared interests, ...USA New York Times15/9/11

Australian PM stands by asylum swap plan
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Gillard says court-blocked deal to send asylum seekers to Malaysia in return for accepting refugees remains best answer. The Australian prime minister has said that her government will try to revive a plan to send asylum seekers to Malaysia as part of ...Australia Aljazeera.net 112/9/11

A Brief History of Cheap Labor
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Developing countries like China and India have benefited mightily from Western companies outsourcing work to locales with cheap labor. But as Sanjeev Sanyal explains, in the 19th century, it was the United States, Britain and Germany that benefited from cheap labor.... World The Globalist 13/9/11

Pair charged in religious-asylum immigration scam
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A fraudulent scheme designed to win hundreds of Chinese nationals asylum in the United States based on bogus claims of religious persecution could land a Los Angeles-area immigration consultant and a member of his staff behind bars for fraud, ...USA Los Angeles Times 15/9/11

Immigration miracle to rescue Russia's modernization from scrape ...
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Attracting more high-skilled immigrants may be the only option to save Russia from a grave decrease in the able-bodied population that the country is predicted to experience in the next 14 years.... Russia rt.com 13/9/11

Demography, dependence seen as key economic challenges for Hungary
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Hungary's demographics and dependency rates remain the key economic challenge facing the country, according to panelists at a recent conference held by the Joint Venutre Association. In Hungary today, every 100 people are supported by the productive ...Hungary Realdeal.hu 13/9/11

Nepal Arrests 20 Refugees After Escape from Occupied Tibet
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Dharamshala: - Nepal government authorities on Monday detained a group of twenty young Tibetan refugees who after several days of crossing the mountains of the occupied Himalayan region were close to the Nepal-Tibet border. Tibetan refugees who are ...Tibet Tibet Post International 13/9/11

Streamlining council housing asset management: Disposals and use of
receipts - Consultation
Streamlining council housing asset management: Disposals and use of receipts - Consultation The Government is committed to reducing bureaucracy generally and burdens on local government specifically. Its intention is that intervention in local housing affairs by central Government be kept to a minimum and be enacted where it is necessary to protect public finances or the rights of individuals. We are therefore seeking views on clarifying and simplifying the legislation that governs the disposal of council house assets and how the receipt from such disposals should be used... UK Communities & Local Government Department 25/8/11
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Geoff Dickinson
"Familiar things happen, and mankind does not bother about them. It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious." Science and the Modern World. —A N Whitehead

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