11/21/2008
S African Democratic Alliance to lobby for voting rights for S Africans abroad (People's Daily)
South African Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille will lobby for the right of all South Africans living abroad to vote at a meeting with Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) head Brigalia Bam on Friday, the party said in a statement. Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said that Section 33(1)(e) of the Electoral Act provides for South African citizens who are temporarily abroad -- for ...
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11/21/2008
'Expats should be able to vote' (News 24 South Africa)
The DA is to lobby for the right of all South Africans living abroad to vote, saying it's a bitter irony that prisoners can vote but South Africans abroad cannot.
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11/19/2008
Overseas Security Advisory Council 23nd Briefing (Scoop.co.nz)
SECRETARY RICE: Thank you very much. And thank you, Eric, for that kind introduction. And I want to thank Eric for his great leadership of the Diplomatic Security Service. And I’m very glad that when he noted that this would be my last meeting with OSAC, ...
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11/18/2008
300,000 UK visas 'wrongly issued' (BBC News)
Around 300,000 visas giving people the right to come to Britain may be wrongly approved every year, MPs are told.
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11/19/2008
3 lakh UK visas wrongly issued each year (The Times of India)
LONDON: British consular officials across the world are wrongly approving nearly 300,000 visas to visit Britain every year. The revelation, which was made during a presentation to the Home Affairs Committee here, has sparked a round of criticism of the Labour government's immigration policy.
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11/19/2008
UK consular staff wrongly approved 300,000 visas: Expert (Express India)
British consular officials across the world are wrongly approving nearly 300,000 visas to visit Britain every year.
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11/19/2008
UK consular staff issue 300,000 visas wrongly, says expert (Deccan Herald)
The revelation, which was made during a presentation to the Home Affairs Committee here, has sparked a round of criticism of the Labour government's immigration policy.
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11/19/2008
Every year 3-lakh visas are wrongly issued in Britain (New Kerala)
London, Nov 19 : An estimated 300,000 visas giving foreigners the right to come to Britain may be wrongly approved every year, a committee of British MPs has been told.
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11/18/2008
Up to 300,000 visas are WRONGLY handed to foreign workers every year, MPs are told (Daily Mail)
Nearly 300,000 visas giving foreigners the right to come to Britain are incorrectly approved every year, a committee of MPs has heard.
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11/19/2008
Bungling officials wrongly issue 300,000 visas to 'illegals' every year, MPs told (Daily Mail)
Almost 300,000 foreigners a year are allowed into Britain with wrongly approved visas. Up to 15 per cent of short term visas issued by British embassies abroad are given in error, MPs were told.
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