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New Bid To Change EU Illegal Immigrant Policy

New bid to change EU illegal immigrant policy Expatica News 12 June 2007 BRUSSELS – Sweden and tiny Malta are to appeal to European Union counterparts Tuesday to help share the burden of hosting African and Iraqi refugees instead of … Continue reading

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EU Aims To Stop ‘Visa Shopping’: Schengen States To Share Visa Data

EU aims to stop 'visa shopping' Schengen states to share visa data By Kablenet More by this author The Register Published Friday 8th June 2007 09:13 GMT The European Parliament has approved draft proposals for a biometric database to prevent … Continue reading

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Parliament Approves Amnesty Arrangement

Parliament approves amnesty arrangement 8 June 2007 ROTTERDAM State secretary Nebahat Albayrak managed to push the amnesty arrangement for “old” asylum seekers through Parliament without too much difficulty. A substantial majority of coalition parties and left-wing parties in the opposition … Continue reading

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Immigrants From Over 90 Countries Seek Asylum In Ireland

Immigrants from over 90 countries seek asylum in Ireland 7 June 2007 | 18:59 | FOCUS News Agency Dublin. Immigrants from more than 90 countries sought political asylum in Ireland last year, according to an official annual report out Thursday. … Continue reading

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French Arabs and Blacks Struggle To Win Seats In ‘White’ Parliament

French Arabs and blacks struggle to win seats in 'white' parliament Expatica News PARIS, June 7, 2007 (AFP) – A record number of candidates from France's Arab and black minorities are running for parliament in elections on Sunday but few … Continue reading

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Cabinet Stays In Place, Ends Expulsion of Asylum Seekers

Cabinet stays in place, ends expulsion of asylum seekers 14 December 2006 (second update) AMSTERDAM–The caretaker Cabinet will remain in place and end the expulsion of long-term asylum seekers, Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said shortly after midnight on Thursday. … Continue reading

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MP’s Pass No Confidence Motion Against Verdonk (The Netherlands)

MPs pass no confidence motion against Verdonk (The Netherlands) 13 December 2006 (second update) AMSTERDAM The Cabinet will discuss on Wednesday the motion of no confidence passed against Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk in the Dutch Parliament overnight. It is not … Continue reading

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Le Pen Plays The Race Card Again. (France)

Le Pen plays the race card again. This time he hopes it will soften his image By Henry Samuel in Paris The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:35am GMT 13/12/2006 France's far-Right National Front party has launched a poster campaign featuring a … Continue reading

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France Sends Back 24,000 Immigrants In 2006

France sends back 24,000 immigrants in 2006 Expatica News PARIS, Dec 11, 2006 (AFP) – France will have repatriated some 24,000 illegal immigrants by the end of 2006 a 20 percent increase on 2005, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday. … Continue reading

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Human Trafficking Trial Gets Underway (Belgium)

Human trafficking trial gets underway VRT Flanders News Wed 06/12/06- The trial of twelve people accused of being part of a gang that smuggled as many as 100,000 illegal immigrants into the United Kingdom got underway in Brussels on Wednesday … Continue reading

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Verdonk Confirms Freeze On Expulsions (The Netherlands)

Verdonk confirms freeze on expulsions 7 December 2006 Expatica News AMSTERDAM Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk has confirmed by letter to the Parliament that a temporary freeze has been imposed on the deportations of asylum seekers who have been here longer … Continue reading

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France Struggles To Help Immigrants Without Sacrificing Ideals

France Struggles to Help Immigrants Without Sacrificing Ideals By Celestine Bohlen Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) — No blacks, Jews, Muslims or Asians live in France — at least according to its census. In a nation that treasures “egalite'' — equality — … Continue reading

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Schools ‘Coping’ With Nine Fold Rise In Foreigners (Spain)

Schools 'coping' with nine fold rise in foreigners 5 December 2006 Expatica News MADRID Spain's leading educationalist said on Tuesday schools are coping “quite reasonably” with a nine-fold increase in the number of immigrant students in the past decade. Alejandro … Continue reading

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Cabinet To Defy Parliament Wish For General Amnesty (The Netherlands)

Cabinet to defy Parliament wish for general amnesty 4 December 2006 Expatica News AMSTERDAM The Cabinet appears unlikely to carry out a motion from the Dutch Parliament aimed at granting a general amnesty to thousands of asylum seekers who entered … Continue reading

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Latvia Resists Fresh Russian ‘Invasion’ As EU Drains Top Talent

Latvia resists fresh Russian 'invasion' as EU drains top talent By Colin Freeman in Riga, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 1:32am GMT 04/12/2006 Waiting outside an exam room in a drab government office, Natalia Savitska was quietly confident she had what … Continue reading

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Dutch MP’s Back Immigrant Amnesty

Last Updated: Friday, 1 December 2006, 11:00 GMT Dutch MPs back immigrant amnesty By Geraldine Coughlan BBC News, The Hague (Protesters urged an amnesty for asylum seekers before the election) The newly-elected Dutch parliament has approved a motion demanding a … Continue reading

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Fewer Immigrants Than Predicted (Denmark)

Fewer immigrants than predicted The Copenhagen Post November 30, 2006 Lower immigration rates resulting from stricter policies will force the government to re-evaluate its social welfare reforms A new study by an independent analysis firm has found that predictions of … Continue reading

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EU Unveils New Immigration Plans

Nov. 30, 2006, 2:48PM EU Unveils New Immigration Plans By CONSTANT BRAND Associated Press Writer 2006 The Associated Press BRUSSELS, Belgium The EU's immigration chief on Thursday announced plans to attract skilled African labor while boosting efforts on the EU's … Continue reading

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Verdonk Decides Against VVD Leadership Challenge (The Netherlands)

Verdonk decides against VVD leadership challenge 28 November 2006 Expatica News AMSTERDAM Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk decided against challenging Mark Rutte for the Liberal VVD party leadership on Tuesday. Verdonk said she had the ambition to become the party's leader, … Continue reading

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Gang Used Women As Sex Slaves, Cocaine Mules

Gang used women as sex slaves, cocaine mules 28 November 2006 Expatica News MURCIA Spanish police arrested four members of a network specializing in sexual exploitation of Colombian women in brothels, police said on Tuesday. The women, who carried false … Continue reading

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