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FF Accused of Making Citizenship A ‘Money Spinner’

FF accused of making citizenship a 'money-spinner' RUADHN Mac CORMAIC Migration Correspondent The Irish Times Thursday, September 10, 2009 FIANNA FIL has reduced Irish citizenship to a meaningless money-spinner used by some immigrants solely as a means of exiting the … Continue reading

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Burmese Quota Refugees Favoured Over Iraqis

Burmese quota refugees favoured over Iraqis The Copenhagen Post Wednesday, 09 September 2009 10:23 KR News Immigration Minister Birthe Rnn Hornbech (above) has done an 'about face' concering Iraqi refugees (File Photo) The immigration minister has changed her mind about … Continue reading

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UN Refugee Agency Criticises Iraq Deportations

UN refugee agency criticises Iraq deportations Denmark in violation of refugee conventions by repatriating asylum seekers to dangerous areas, the UNHCR charges The Copemhagen Post Tuesday, 08 September 2009 09:38 KM News Denmarks deportation of Iraqi refugees has drawn renewed … Continue reading

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Greek Immigration Crisis Spawns Shanty Towns and Squats

Greek immigration crisis spawns shanty towns and squats Greece's inability to tackle a crisis in illegal immigration has left thousands living in shanty towns and squatting in the heart of Athens. By Nick Squires and Paul Anast in Athens The … Continue reading

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Massive Jump In Minor Asylum Applicants

Massive jump in minor asylum applicants KR News The Copenhagen Post Friday, 24 July 2009 10:30 Teenage boys make up the majority of unaccompanied Afghan children claiming asylum in Denmark The number of unaccompanied Afghan children seeking asylum in Denmark … Continue reading

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Double Life On The Border For Greek Undercover Immigration

Double life on the border for Greek undercover immigration Nick is an undercover officer who operates on Greece's northeastern border with Turkey, a major smuggling route through which thousands of clandestine immigrants slip into the country every year. Expatica.com July … Continue reading

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Calais Migrants Mutilate Fingertips To Hide True Identity

Calais migrants mutilate fingertips to hide true identity By Peter Allen MAIL ONLINE Last updated at 11:03 AM on 22nd July 2009 Comments (61) Migrants massed in Calais in hopes of getting into Britain are mutilating their fingerprints so that … Continue reading

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Five Migrant Reception Units On Cards

Five migrant reception units on cards Police set sights on clearing city squats eKathimerini.com July 22, 2009 Police officers oversee the evacuation of the last few migrants from the premises of the old Athens appeals court in the city center … Continue reading

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Cut Number Of Foreigners, 40% Of Eastern Germans Say In Poll

Cut Number of Foreigners, 40% of Eastern Germans Say in Poll By Patrick Donahue July 21 (Bloomberg) — The number of foreigners living in Germany is too high and should be cut, two-fifths of people living in former communist East … Continue reading

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No Regrets, As Home Beckons After The Boom

No regrets, as home beckons after the boom RUADHN Mac CORMAIC Migration Correspondent The Irish Times Monday, July 20, 2009 Unemployment among immigrants in Spain could reach 30 per cent by the end of the year, writes RUADHN Mac CORMAIC, … Continue reading

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Belgium Announces Amnesty For Illegals

Belgium launches amnesty for illegals Belgium is to launch a new regularisation operation for people who have been in the country for at least five years. Expatica News July 20, 2009 Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy has released the details … Continue reading

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German Islamists Heading To Pakistan Training Camps

German Islamists heading to Pakistan training camps Monsters and Critics July 19, 2009, 10:36 GMT Berlin – The flow of radical Islamists from Germany to training camps in Pakistan has doubled this year, the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung reported Sunday … Continue reading

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EU Wants Turkey, Libya To Help Fight Illegal Immigration

EU wants Turkey, Libya to help fight illegal immigration By Christian Spillmann AFP July 17, 2009 STOCKHOLM The European Union will soon undertake tricky political talks with Turkey and Libya as they look for their help in cracking down on … Continue reading

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EU Warned Against Sending Would-Be Refugees To Libya

EU warned against sending would-be refugees to Libya AFP July 17, 2009 Both Malta and Italy are grappling with a sharp spike in illegal immigration from outside the European Union, with 36,900 arriving in Italy last year. Brussels — Europe's … Continue reading

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EU To Help Turkey Face Up To Illegal Migration : Barrot

EU to help Turkey face up to illegal migration: Barrot Agence France Presse 30 June 2009, 16:47 CET (ATHENS) – The European Commission will financially assist Turkey to stop a growing flow of illegal immigration crossing into the bloc through … Continue reading

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Police Clash With Immigration Protesters In Calais

Police clash with immigration protesters in Calais Protesters calling for thousands of illegal migrants to be allowed into Britain from France have again clashed with riot police in Calais. By Peter Allen in Paris Telegraph.co.uk Published: 3:49PM BST 27 Jun … Continue reading

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Putting Import Brides To The ‘Dutchness" Test

Putting 'import brides' to the Dutchness test More women are coming to the Netherlands as 'import brides'. Helping them pass the Dutch integration exam has become a business. By Sheila Kamerman NRC–Handelsblad Published: 12 June 2009 16:59 Changed: 15 June … Continue reading

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Italy’s Immigration Deal With Libya Sparks Uproar

Italy's immigration deal with Libya sparks uproar Euractive.com Published: Thursday 11 June 2009 Human rights groups have expressed outrage at an Italian agreement to send immigrants back to Libya without screening them for asylum claims, tarnishing Muammar Gaddafi's “historic” visit … Continue reading

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Tensions Mount As Immigrants Squat Athens’ City Centre

Tensions mount as immigrants squat Athens' city centre – Feature Posted : Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:17:48 GMT Author : DPA Category : Europe (World) Athens – Blocks away from the Greek capital's historic district, thousands of illegal immigrants have … Continue reading

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Inner Cabinet Discusses Illegal Migration

Inner cabinet discusses illegal migration The Athens News Agency (Greece) June 11, 2009 Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis on Thursday chaired an inner cabinet meeting devoted to illegal immigration and the positions that Greece will adopt at the upcoming European Union … Continue reading

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