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Ireland Steps Up As Immigration Leader

Ireland steps up as immigration leader The 2006 census, released over the summer, shows a rapid rise in immigration in the past decade. By Michael Seaver Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor from the September 5, 2007 edition Dublin, Ireland … Continue reading

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Spain Plans Straitjackets For Illegal Immigrants

Spain plans straitjackets for illegal immigrants By Fiona Govan in Madrid The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:03am BST 05/09/2007 Illegal immigrants could be forced to wear straitjackets and protective headgear on repatriation flights under new regulations being drawn up by Spain's … Continue reading

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German Far Right Party Builds Support

German far Right party builds support By Harry de Quetteville in Stralsund The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:04am BST 05/09/2007 In the municipal park of the pretty German port of Stralsund this weekend, 27-year-old Doreen Geisler watched her three children play … Continue reading

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Stranded Punjabis In Portugal Get Passports

Stranded Punjabis in Portugal get passports Anju Agnihotri Chaba cities.expressindia.com September 5, 2007 Jalandhar, September 04:There is a reason to smile for families of Punjabis living illegally in Portugal, as the Indian Embassy there, on the recommendation of Ministry of … Continue reading

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Somali Refugees In Uganda Appeal To Denmark

Somali refugees in Uganda appeal to Denmark by Godfrey Maganda Garowe Online staff reporter Sept 4, 2007 – 10:44:28 AM KAMPALA, Uganda Sep 4 (Garowe Online) – Somali refugees living in Uganda have appealed the Danish government to consider them … Continue reading

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Deportees Declare Hunger Strike In German Prison

Deportees declare hunger strike in German prison Posted September 4th, 2007 by Indian-Muslim Bueren, Germany, September 3, SPA–An unknown number of deportees in Germany's biggest detention facility for illegal immigrants have begun a hunger strike, according to a lobby group … Continue reading

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Ireland Named As Major Route For Child Trafficking

Ireland named as major route for child trafficking Independent.ie Tuesday September 04 2007 IRELAND has been pinpointed as a major route for trafficking children doomed to a life of slavery or prostitution in Britain. An official report from the Welsh … Continue reading

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Black Children Left Out Of Irish Schools

Black Children Left Out of Irish Schools By SHAWN POGATCHNIK Associated Press Writer Newsday.com4:53 PM EDT, September 3, 2007 DUBLIN, Ireland – Almost all the children who could not find elementary school places in a Dublin suburb this year were … Continue reading

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Spain Rounds Up 127 Africans Heading For Canarys

Spain rounds up 127 Africans heading for Canarys Expatica News 24 August 2007 MADRID – A Spanish rescue boat brought 127 new African migrants to Spain's Canary Islands on Friday after intercepting them off the coast, bringing the total arrivals … Continue reading

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Vogelaar Welcomes New Citizens (The Netherlands)

Vogelaar welcomes new citizens Expatica News 24 August 2007 AMSTERDAM Minister for Housing, Communities and Integration Ella Vogelaar joined Amsterdam mayor in welcoming 49 new Dutch citizens on Friday as part of the 2nd annual National Naturalisation Day. The minister … Continue reading

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French Parliament To Debate New Immigration Law

French parliament to debate new immigration law The Hindu News Paris, Aug. 23 (Xinhua): French government announced on Tuesday that a bill of law, which is aimed at bringing immigration under control, will be presented to an extraordinary session of … Continue reading

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Headscarf Makes Way For Bandana (Belgium)

Headscarf makes way for bandana Expatica News 23 August 2007 ANTWERP Muslim women who work in crches in Antwerp may no longer wear a headscarf. Starting next week they will be offered an alternative: a bandana. The decision to ban … Continue reading

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Merkel To Tackle Skills Shortage In Einstein’s Home (Germany)

Merkel to Tackle Skills Shortage in Einstein's Home By Andreas Cremer Bloomberg News Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a physicist by training, convenes a special Cabinet meeting tomorrow to tackle a growing skills shortage in the country … Continue reading

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Malta, Libya In Immigration Talks

Malta, Libya in immigration talks AFP Published:Aug 22, 2007 VALLETTA – Malta and Libya have begun two days of talks in Tripoli on how to deal with the hundreds of boat people who issue distress calls between their shores each … Continue reading

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Number Of Boat Refugees In Spain Rises Slightly

Number of boat refugees in Spain rises slightly Monsters & Critics News Aug 22, 2007, 12:07 GMT Madrid – The influx of African refugees on Spain's coasts has increased slightly, the daily El Pais reported Wednesday. Since the past weekend … Continue reading

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Drastic Changes To Assimilation Courses (The Netherlands)

Drastic changes to assimilation courses Expatica News 22 August 2007 AMSTERDAM Integration Minister Ella Vogelaar wants to bring about drastic changes to the assimilation policy as implemented by former minister Rita Verdonk. Her draft proposal that forms part of the … Continue reading

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Attack On Indians Fuels Debate On Extremism In Germany

Attack on Indians fuels debate on extremism in Germany Expatica News 21 August 2007 Berlin (dpa) – A vicious attack that injured eight Indians is fueling a debate over increasing violence by right-wing extremists in the eastern part of Germany. … Continue reading

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Ireland Learns To Adapt To A Population Growth Spurt

Ireland learns to adapt to a population growth spurt By Eamon Quinn (NYT) The International Heral Tribune Published: August 18, 2007 DUBLIN: Inside a north Dublin warehouse, 15,000 cardboard boxes containing the documents of Ireland's most recent census rise on … Continue reading

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Immigration At Top Of Voters’ Concerns (Denmark)

Immigration at top of voter concerns The Copenhagen Post 17.08.2007 A new poll shows that immigration and care services are the most important issues amongst voters Immigration is by far the nations most important issue to voters, according to a … Continue reading

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Dewinter Insists On Anti-Islam Protest

Dewinter insists on anti-Islam protest Expatica News 10 August 2007 BRUSSELS – Filip Dewinter (of far-right Vlaams Belang) says he will ignore the ban imposed by Brussels mayor Freddy Thielemans on a demonstration planned in Brussels for 11 September protesting … Continue reading

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