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1500 Refused Amnesty So Far (The Netherlands)

1,500 refused amnesty so far 26 September 2007 Expatica News THE HAGUE More than 1,500 asylum seekers who have exhausted the procedure have been informed since mid June that they are not eligible for amnesty, the Volkskrant reports. They do … Continue reading

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French Senate Commission Shoots Down Amendent On DNA Tests For Immigrants

French Senate commission shoots down amendment on DNA tests for immigrants Live-PR AP 26.09.2007 16:33:24 (live-PR.com) – PARIS (AP) – A French Senate commission shot down Wednesday an amendment to an immigration bill that would have requested DNA samples from … Continue reading

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WRR Puts Integration Debate On Edge (The Netherlands)

WRR puts integration debate on edge Expatica News 25 September 2007 THE HAGUE The Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) has put the discussion on the topic of integration and the council's own position on edge with its report Identification … Continue reading

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Number Of Illegal Iraqi Refugees In Germany Surges

Number of Illegal Iraqi Refugees in Germany Surges By Andrea Brandt and Jrgen Dahlkamp Spiegel On Line September 24, 2007 Word of the German government's slight relaxing of its asylum policy has gotten round in the Middle East. Human traffickers … Continue reading

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France Races To Oust Illegal Immigrants

France Races to Oust Illegal Immigrants By ELAINE GANLEY The Associated Press Saturday, September 22, 2007; 7:11 AM PARIS — A Russian boy suffers head injuries after falling from a window while trying to elude police. A North African man … Continue reading

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EU Ministers Agree On New Anti-Terrorism Chief

EU ministers agree on new anti-terrorism chief Expatica News 20 September 2007 Brussels (dpa) – EU government ministers have agreed to appoint a new anti-terrorism coordinator tasked with improving cooperation with EU institutions and among member states in a concerted … Continue reading

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EU Told To Open Door To 20 Million Migrant Workers

EU told to open door to 20m migrant workers By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:27am BST 17/09/2007 A huge increase in economic migration into the EU is being proposed by the European Commission. It wants … Continue reading

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VVD In Crisis After Dismissing Verdonk

VVD in crisis after dismissing Verdonk Expatica News 14 September 2007 AMSTERDAM (dpa) – The board of the liberal VVD party said on Friday it would not resign following the decision by party leader Mark Rutte on Thursday to dismiss … Continue reading

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Immigrant DNA Tests Plan Raises Storm For Sarkozy

Immigrant DNA tests plan raises storm for Sarkozy Alasdair Sandford in Paris Friday September 14, 2007 The Guardian Civil liberties groups in France have reacted furiously over government plans to introduce DNA testing for the families of immigrants, to prove … Continue reading

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Paris Area Mayors To Resist Immigration Crackdown

Paris area mayors to resist immigration crackdown Reuters Thu 13 Sep 2007, 15:59 GMT PARIS, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Eight mayors in the Paris region said on Thursday they would resist a plan by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to expel … Continue reading

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Far-Right Movement Gathers Strength As Greek Election Nears

Far-right movement gathers strength as Greek election nears Extreme nationalist party likely to enter parliament Protest votes over forest fires threaten status quo Helena Smith in Athens The Guardian Thursday September 13, 2007 Of all the political party stands on … Continue reading

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Immigration: 89 Arrivals The Day After Frontex Resumes

Immigration: 89 arrivals the day after Frontex resumes Raphael Vassallo Malta Today September 13, 2007 A total of 118 irregular migrants entered Maltese territory over the past 24 hours, just one day after Nautilus II, the second EU-coordinated Frontex mission, … Continue reading

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Scores Arrested In Anti-Islam Protest

Scores arrested in anti-Islam protest 12 September 2007 BRUSSELS (AFP) – Belgian police arrested 154 people Tuesday for taking part in a banned protest in Brussels against “the Islamisation of Europe”, on the anniversary of the 11 September 2001 attacks. … Continue reading

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France Worried About Shortfall In Deportation Of Illegals

France worried about shortfall in deportation of illegals PARIS, Sept 12, 2007 (AFP) – France's immigration minister summoned some 20 local government heads for a meeting on Wednesday to demand that they step up deportations of illegal migrants. Immigration Minister … Continue reading

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EU Panel Wants Maximum 18-Month Period For Detention Of Illegal Immigrants

EU panel wants maximum 18-month period for detention of illegal immigrants The Associated Press Published: September 12, 2007 BRUSSELS, Belgium: European Union parliamentarians took the first crack Wednesday at defining common EU rules for illegal immigration, recommending that illegals be … Continue reading

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Non-Irish Using Fake Marriages In Bid To Secure Legal Residency

Non-Irish using fake marriages in bid to secure legal residency Independent.IE Monday September 10 2007 Five hundred of the 3,000 applications lodged by non-Irish married couples, who want to live here, were from failed asylum seekers, it emerged last night. … Continue reading

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German Suspects Had Deadline For Attacks: Report

German Suspects Had Deadline For Attacks: Report By REUTERS Published: September 8, 2007 BERLIN (Reuters) – Three suspected Islamist militants who were planning to attack American targets in Germany had orders to act by September 15 and knew police were … Continue reading

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German Case Offered Alleged Earful

German case offered alleged earful (Photo: Oberschledorn, a resort village, is where the three alleged plotters, later arrested, were reportedly heard talking nearly nonstop about potential bombing targets and suicide attacks.The three suspected would-be car bombers reportedly talked nonstop while … Continue reading

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Asian Air Connections Push Up Illegal Immigration

Asian Air Connections Push Up Illegal Immigration YLE Published 07.09.2007, 20.38 Direct flights between Finland and cities in Asia have increased organized illegal immigration and human smuggling. A court in Vantaa, just outside Helsinki, is currently hearing a case of … Continue reading

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Migrant Centre Plan Stirs Fear Of New Sangatte

Migrant centre plan stirs fears of new Sangatte By Henry Samuel in Paris The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:02am BST 05/09/2007 A reception centre similar to the notorious Sangatte camp could be built on the northern coast of France, after the … Continue reading

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