Sweden
Annual refugee resettlement quota of 1800.
In 1999 34% of 11,231 asylum claims were approved for refugee status.
No skilled migration or family reunion program.
Asylum seekers spend at least two weeks in Carlslund Refugee Reception
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With the Philippines now the "second front" in the US "war on terrorism", Green Left Weekly's ALLEN JENNINGS interviewed Rasti Delizo, head of the general secretariat of the Philippines Campaign for Peace with Justice.
Can you give us some
BY KATE WILSON
More than 650 young people have joined the socialist youth group Resistance since January, 465 of them students who joined from stalls at campus orientation weeks.
Resistance's national coordinator, Simon Butler, told Green Left
BY KAMALA EMANUEL
HOBART — "The problem of Afghanistan is a political one. It won't be solved with aid. As long as warlordism continues, there will be no real solution", Tahmeena Faryal, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
BY SARAH STEPHEN
"We were taken on a bus to Midway Hostel, in Maribyrnong [in Melbourne's west], and for Vietnamese like us, who had suffered so much from the ravages of war and change, the welcome and care shown by the hostel staff moved us so
Forum discusses power station
GEELONG — On March 4, the Socialist Alliance hosted a discussion around the topic "Our energy, our future, is there space for community democracy?".
This "politics in the pub" continued nine months of campaigning
BY ALISON DELLIT
A decade after a federal ALP government began the process of deregulating domestic air travel and privatising government-owned airlines, safety standards have fallen, services to regional areas are in crisis, airline workers who
BY NGLINTING DARMONO
YOGYAKARTA — Two hundred protesters from across central Java gathered in Yogyakarta on March 8 to mark International Women's Day.
The protesters marched from Gadjah Mada University to the regional parliament. Their demands
(Our day must come!)
REVIEW BY BILL NEVINS
On FireBlack 47Gadfly RecordsTo order, visit <http://www.gadflyrecords.com>
Lead singer of New York Irish rebel band Black 47 Larry Kirwan opens this CD wailing with voice and guitar,"Hey,
BY LARRY DOUGLAS
On March 7, 200 Bougainvilleans "visited" the Papua New Guinea-appointed governor, John Momis, in Buka and handed him a statement disapproving of the decision of the PNG government to oppose the Bougainvillean law suit against
Freudian slip
"First, let me say that our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and the friends of the service members who have lost their lives in our ongoing operations in Vietnam." — General Tommy Frank opening a March 5 news conference
BY SIMON DIVECHA
BHP Billiton is attempting to wash its hands of responsibility for 10 years' damage caused by its Ok Tedi gold and copper mine in Papua New Guinea.
The company is putting its majority share in Ok Tedi Mining Ltd into a holding
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