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Caretaking Free Movement, Security In The Eu Falls To New Members Along The Eastern Frontier

Caretaking free movement, security in the EU falls to new members along the Eastern frontier The Associated Press Published: December 19, 2007 KORCZOWA, Poland: The would-be intruders lurked just across the Polish border, hidden in a snow-covered field in Ukraine, … Continue reading

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Government Accused Over Migrants

Govt accused over migrants The Irish Times Last Updated: 18/12/2007 17:50 The Government was today accused of promoting contradicting policies over the issue of undocumented migrants. While ministers lobby for citizenship for 50,000 Irish people in the US, the Migrants … Continue reading

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Ireland Says Immigrants Make It Fastest Growing EU Population

Ireland says immigrants make it fastest-growing EU population AFP 18 December 2007, 16:23 CET (DUBLIN) – Ireland's population is at its highest for nearly 150 years and the fastest-growing in the EU thanks to an influx of new immigrants and … Continue reading

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Czech Republic: North Koreans Must Go

Czech Republic: North Koreans Must Go By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE December 18, 2007 All North Koreans living and working in the Czech Republic under a program that has allowed them to work in local factories as a source of cheap labor, … Continue reading

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Dutch Study: Schizophrenia Risk Higher In Mixed Neighbourhoods

Dutch study: Schizophrenia risk higher in mixed neighbourhoods ISP.com 2007-12-17 06:39:00.0 Amsterdam (dpa) – Migrants in the Netherlands who live in neighbourhoods with a mixed Dutch-migrant population run a higher risk of developing schizophrenia than those in migrant-only neighbourhoods, according … Continue reading

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Europe Celebrates Expansion Of Borderless Zone In The Tiny Town Where It Was Founded

Europe celebrates expansion of borderless zone in the tiny town where it was founded The Associated Press Published: December 17, 2007 SCHENGEN, Luxembourg: In a small cafe overlooking the river where a landmark EU agreement abolishing border checks was signed … Continue reading

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Turkey Detains Seven Over Immigrant Boat Tragedy

Turkey detains seven over immigrant boat tragedy: Anatolia TurkishPress.com Published: 12/15/2007 ANKARA – Turkish police on Saturday arrested seven suspected human traffickers following the deaths of at least 50 illegal migrants in a boat tragedy in the Aegean Sea, the … Continue reading

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In A Europe Torn Over Mosques, A City Offers Accommodation

In a Europe Torn Over Mosques, A City Offers Accommodation By Molly Moore Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, December 9, 2007; Page A01 CRETEIL, France — On a recent Friday, 200 Muslim worshipers crowded into a former carpentry workshop here … Continue reading

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Europe Dream Turns Sour For African Migrant Youth

Europe Dream Turns Sour For African Migrant Youth By REUTERS Published: December 6, 2007 COVA DA MOURA, Portugal (Reuters) – The dream of a new life that brought their parents from Africa has turned sour for thousands of youngsters across … Continue reading

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Finnish Minister Would Give Free Citizenship To War Children

Finnish minister would give free citizenship to war children /STT/ 5.12.2007 at 16:39 Astrid Thors, the Finnish immigration minister, said Wednesday that the war children, Finnish infants evacuated to other Nordic countries during the second world war, should be granted … Continue reading

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Italy Politician Urges Nazi Policies For Immigrants

Italy politician urges Nazi policies for immigrants By Philip Pullella Reuters Wednesday, December 5, 2007; 7:28 AM ROME (Reuters) – A local politician has shocked Italians, and Jews in particular, by proposing that immigrants be treated with the same severity … Continue reading

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Asylum Rules To Follow EU Directive

Asylum rules to follow EU directive By Ann Cahill, Europe Correspondent The Irish Examiner 04 December 2007 IRELAND rules for processing and granting asylum will come into line with the rest of the EU once the draft Immigration, Residence and … Continue reading

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Republic of Ireland Launches New Automated Fingerprint Identification System

Republic of Ireland launches new automated Fingerprint Identification System PublicTechnology.net 4 Dec 2007 – 07:30 am The Republic of Ireland has launched the first phase of its new Automated Fingerprint Identification System for An Garda Siochana and the Irish Naturalisation … Continue reading

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An Idyllic Greek Island Becomes The New Frontier For African Migrants

An idyllic Greek island becomes the new frontier for African migrants Hazardous journeys end in small but perilous voyage from Turkey to Samos Helena Smith in Samos Monday December 3, 2007 The Guardian For two days they huddled together in … Continue reading

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Greek Interior Minister Urges EU To Take Action Against Illegal Immigration

Greek interior minister urges EU to take action against illegal immigration The Associated Press Published: December 3, 2007 NICOSIA, Cyprus: The European Union must help protect its southeastern borders in Greece and Cyprus from the influx of illegal migrants, Greece's … Continue reading

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A Leader Of Jihad In Limbo In Norway ‘After His Time’

A leader of jihad in limbo in Norway 'after his time' By Ivar Ekman International Herald Tribune Published: December 3, 2007 OSLO: Mullah Krekar, once a jihadi superstar, has faded from the international limelight, but in Norway he won't go … Continue reading

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Nicolas Sarkozy Condemns Rioters ‘Yobocracy’

Nicolas Sarkozay condemns rioters 'yobocracy' AFP 30 November 2007 PARIS – President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed on Thursday to track down the “yobs and traffickers” he accused of fomenting unrest in the high-immigration suburbs of Paris. In a prime-time television interview, … Continue reading

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Trial Opens In France Of Alleged People Smugglers

Trial opens in France of alleged people smugglers Expatica News 29 November 2007 PARIS – French prosecutors requested Wednesday jail sentences ranging from one to eight years against 25 suspected members of a vast immigration smuggling ring, in a Paris … Continue reading

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60 Police Injured As Riots Rock Paris

60 police injured as riots rock Paris By Henry Samuel in Paris and Richard Holt Last Updated: 2:39am GMT 29/11/2007 President Nicolas Sarkozy of France is facing his first serious test of his law and order credentials after a second … Continue reading

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Relative Calm In Riot-Hit French Suburb

Relative Calm in Riot-Hit French Suburb By Kerstin Gehmlich Reuters Wednesday, November 28, 2007; 6:21 PM VILLIERS LE BEL, France – Hundreds of French riot police deployed on Wednesday night in the tense Paris suburb where the death of two … Continue reading

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