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Four immigration officials charged with bribery, fraud

Victor — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:26:30 +0000

Four immigration officials charged with bribery, fraud

The officers at various border and immigration agencies took money from an attorney in exchange for providing favors for his clients, one of whom is also charged, authorities say. Attorney Kwang Man "John" Lee, authorities say, was a man who could make things happen — for a price.

Four immigration officials charged with bribery, fraud

APNewsBreak: 5 charged in CA immigration scam

Victor — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:53:09 +0000

APNewsBreak: 5 charged in CA immigration scam

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four federal law enforcement officers were charged with accepting cash, a TV, and plane tickets among bribes dating back more than a decade to help dozens of foreigners enter the country, authorities announced Wednesday.

APNewsBreak: 5 charged in CA immigration scam

Victor — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:53:06 +0000

APNewsBreak: 5 charged in CA immigration scam

Immigration chief highlights Rohingya plight in Thailand

Victor — Sun, 05 May 2013 06:05:19 +0000

Immigration chief highlights Rohingya plight in Thailand

PHUKET: Immigration Bureau Commissioner Pharnu Kerdlarpphon, in Phuket for a closed-door meeting of high-ranking officials, has expressed his concern for the growing number of Rohingya refugees being detained in Thailand.Lt Gen …

Immigration chief highlights Rohingya plight in Thailand

Immigration Reform: Who's In and Who's Out

Victor — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:11:27 +0000

Immigration Reform: Who's In and Who's Out

In December of 2001, an unknown law professor named Barack Obama lectured on the Civil War Amendments (the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments) to his law school students at the University of Chicago. As he explained how the Civil War…

Immigration Reform: Who's In and Who's Out

Thailand and Cambodia to forge closer trade talks

Victor — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:16:31 +0000

Thailand and Cambodia to forge closer trade talks

Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to drive bilateral trade up by 30 per cent a year, following an agreement to establish a special rice-trade zone.

Thailand and Cambodia to forge closer trade talks

Thailand bans film about Thai-Cambodian border row

Victor — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:14:01 +0000

Thailand bans film about Thai-Cambodian border row

Thailand's film censors have banned a documentary about the country's long-running border dispute with neighboring Cambodia as a threat to national security, the filmmaker said Wednesday.

Thailand bans film about Thai-Cambodian border row

Immigration archive: resettling the boat people (1984)

Victor — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:12:28 +0000

Immigration archive: resettling the boat people (1984)

The end of the Vietnam war prompted an exodus of refugees, 19,000 of whom found their way, via Hong Kong, to the UK. A 1984 Channel 4 News looked at how one Vietnamese family had fared in Britain.

Immigration archive: resettling the boat people (1984)

IMMIGRATION: Inland reaction to Senate bill is mixed

Victor — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:38:19 +0000

IMMIGRATION: Inland reaction to Senate bill is mixed

Some Inland residents say they will fight it; others say it’s ‘the best we can get’

IMMIGRATION: Inland reaction to Senate bill is mixed

Phuket Immigration task force targetting foreigners nabs Russian

Victor — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:30:52 +0000

Phuket Immigration task force targetting foreigners nabs Russian

PHUKET: Phuket Immigration officers yesterday arrested a Russian woman caught without a passport and working illegally selling tours at a kiosk in Kata.Officers led by Capt Angkarn Yasanop arrested Natalia Nikiforova, 30, after an officer pretended to be interested in some of the tours on offer at the Rus Info tour counter on Kata …