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Australian visa applicants urged to have medical insurance
The VP of the Australian Medical Association's Victoria branch, Stephen Parnis, has urged health insurance to become a compulsory requirement for all visa applicants from Australia. Dr. Parnis' remarks arrive after a report put out by the Australian Medical Association indicated that the amount of Australian migrants being treated at...
Survey shows UK holidaymakers prefer junk food
A survey commissioned by Dubai tourism authorities shows that British holidaymakers prefer eating fast food to experimenting with local culinary delights. The research revealed that Britons abroad will head for Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken or the golden arches of McDonald's rather than pass through the portals of unknown...
Doctor who Helped Torture People for Saddam Hussein has been Working in Britain for 7 Years
It seems that one of Saddam Hussein's very own “torture doctors” has been working in British hospitals for the past 7 years. This is the same doctor who was apparently involved in a number of very horrific tortures. His name is Dr Mohammed Kassim Al-Byati, and he was given a permit to work as a doctor by the Labour Government back in...
UK Border Agency and NHS to Share Information on Foreign Nationals
Reports are now showing that the government is in the middle of trying to introduce a brand new process that would actually see information about foreign nationals shared between the National Health Service (NHS) and the UK Border Agency. Apparently people who have outstanding debts for NHS treatment will have their information shared to the...
United States and Britain Send Search and Rescue Teams into Japan
Currently Japan is going through one of the worst disasters it has ever seen after being hit with a huge earthquake. In fact, reports suggest that this is the worst disaster that has hit Japan since World War II. So far the confirmed death total from the Japanese government is at 686 (at the time of this writing). However, thousands more are...
Arizona Could Soon Check Immigration Status Before Giving Healthcare
Immigration is not just a problem in the UK. In fact, countries all over the world are trying to deal with an increase in immigration as well. However, it does appear that some places, like the United States, are choosing to deal with immigration in a completely different way.
In fact, one state in the United States, Arizona, may now be...
3 More Emigrant Bodies Found Near Boat Wreckage off the British Virgin Islands
Apparently authorities have just recently found three more bodies, including that of a child, as people continue to search for survivors from a boat crash. Reports suggest that the boat was filled mostly with Haitian emigrants. The travelers never made it to their destination, because the boat capsized after hitting a jagged reef.
Two of...
Iranian Wrongly Deported and Tortured
There are currently tons of reports circling the web right now about Aland Salimi. This is an Iranian that said that Iraqi police beat him up and starved him after he was deported from Britain following a failed asylum application. Now people are saying that he was mistakenly deported to Baghdad.
This alleged mistreatment of Aland, age 21,...
Asylum Seeker Kills Lover and Found in Spain 14 Years Later
Just recently, an asylum seeker arrested for killing his older love in west London fled a hospital during a fire drill. He turned up in Spain nearly 14 years later.
Apparently reports show that Miguel Da Silva strangled Susan Martin, age 44, to death in her room in Notting Hill the day before she planned to leave him and return home to...
Reports Suggest Sex Offenders get Better Healthcare than Children Asylum Seekers
According to top doctors, jailed sex offenders are treated better than child asylum seekers in detention centers. Dr Margaret McCartney claims that killers and perverts are getting better healthcare than children who have fled troubled spots all over the world.
The doctor said that people in prison can get much better healthcare than...