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Over Half Of Youth In Big (Dutch) Cities Are Non-Native

Over half of youth in big cities are non-native Expatica News 31 July 2006 AMSTERDAM Over half the young people in Amsterdam and Rotterdam come from a non-western background, according a new report by Statistics Netherlands. Known as the CBS … Continue reading

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Government Campaign To Entice Irish Emigrants Home

Government campaign to entice Irish emigrants home 30 July 2006 The Post By Eamon Quinn The government is planning a $300,000 (236,000) campaign targeted at encouraging illegal Irish emigrants in New York to return to fill skilled jobs at home … Continue reading

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Immigration Amnesty Sows Divisions In France

Immigration amnesty sows division in France Some call offer inadequate, others say it's too generous Elizabeth Bryant, San Francisco Chronicle Foreign Service Friday, July 28, 2006 (07-28) 04:00 PDT Paris — Aminata Sambou arrived here with a tourist visa four … Continue reading

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One In Ten Spanish Residents Is A Foreigner

One in 10 Spanish residents is a foreigner Expatica News 25 July 2006 MADRID Almost one in 10 people living in Spain is a foreigner, according to the latest figures from the National Statistics Institute (INE). On 1 January, there … Continue reading

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Italy Opens Up Labour Market To Eastern Europeans

Italy opens up labour market to eastern Europeans The E.U. Observer 24.07.2006 – 09:49 CET | By Honor Mahony Italy has lifted the barriers to workers from central and eastern European member states bringing the total number of EU states … Continue reading

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Verdonk Plans To Block Former Illegals

Verdonk plans to block former illegals Expatica News 21 July 2006 AMSTERDAM Minister of Integration Rita Verdonk told Dutch national daily Trouw on Friday that she is looking into ways to make it difficult for people who have been picked … Continue reading

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In Neutral Switzerland, A Rising Radicalism

In Neutral Switzerland, A Rising Radicalism Islamic Extremists Newly Seen as Threat By Craig Whitlock Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday, July 20, 2006; Page A14 BERN, Switzerland — For centuries, this Alpine nation has successfully relied on a strict policy … Continue reading

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EU Announces Immigration Rapid-Reaction Team

London Times Online July 19, 2006 EU announces immigration rapid-reaction team By Anthony Browne, Brussels Correspondent Brussels announced plans today for multinational rapid-reaction teams to respond to serious breaches of European Union borders by illegal immigrants. The teams, to be … Continue reading

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Ireland’s Population Rises To Modern High

Ireland's Population Rises to Modern High By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: July 19, 2006 Filed at 10:32 p.m. ET DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) — Ireland's population has surged this year to a modern high of more than 4.2 million people largely … Continue reading

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Poor G8 Summit Seeks Own Solutions

Poor G8 summit seeks own solutions By Will Ross BBC, Gao, north-east Mali If the organisers wanted to ensure the event in West Africa bore no similarity whatsoever to the G8 summit, I think they succeeded. There may have been … Continue reading

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Oriental Immigration Threat Warning

Oriental immigration threat warning July 17, 2006 Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain) The spokesman for Partido Popular in the Cabildo has called upon the Spanish government to investigate what they see as a new illegal immigration threat, this time from China. … Continue reading

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Africans Will Flood The World, Says Chirac

Africans will 'flood the world,' says Chirac PARIS, July 14, 2006 (AFP) – President Jacques Chirac of France said Friday that without economic development in the coming decades Africans “will flood the world.” Asked in a July 14 televised interview … Continue reading

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Germany Vows To Tackle Integration Problems

Germany vows to tackle integration problems 13/07/2006 04:47 http://www.tiscali.co.uk/news/newswire.php/news/reuters/2006/07/13/world/germany-vows-to-tackle-integration problems.html&template=/news/templates/newswire/news_story_reuters.html By Karin Strohecker BERLIN (Reuters) – Lale Cebe, a 23-year-old who works in a clothing shop in Berlins Kreuzberg district, was born in Germany, has a German passport, a German … Continue reading

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Spain PM Vows To Fight Illegal Immigration

Spain PM Vows to Fight Illegal Immigration By JUAN MANUEL PARDELLAS The Associated Press Wednesday, July 12, 2006; 12:29 PM SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Canary Islands — Spain's prime minister promised an all-out campaign to halt illegal immigration from Africa … Continue reading

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Africans, Europeans Release Migration Plan

Africans, Europeans Release Migration Plan By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: July 11, 2006 Filed at 9:12 p.m. ET RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Delegates from 58 countries promised Tuesday to combine tougher immigration enforcement with more aid for Africans to help … Continue reading

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(French) Government Denies Immigrant Amnesty Figures

Government denies immigrant amnesty figures Expatica News SAINT SORLIN DE CONAC, France, July 7, 2006 (AFP) – The French government warned Friday it was too early to say how many illegal immigrants would benefit from an amnesty for families with … Continue reading

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Largest Number Of Germans Leave Since 1950

Largest number of Germans leave since 1950 Expatica News 6 July 2006 BERLIN – The highest number of Germans left their country and moved abroad last year since shortly after World War II, the Federal Statistics Office said Thursday. Some … Continue reading

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Dutch PM Says Government Will Resign

Dutch PM says government will resign TOBY STERLING Associated Press AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – The Dutch prime minister said Thursday his government will resign after his coalition split over the citizenship case of a Somali-born lawmaker. Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende … Continue reading

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Father Gets Life In Jail For Danish Honor Killing

Father gets life in jail for Danish honor killing Police say family decided to kill daughter because of her marriage choice Updated: 10:34 a.m. PT June 28, 2006 COPENHAGEN, Denmark – A Danish court on Wednesday sentenced a father of … Continue reading

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EU Musters Resources Against Illegal Migration

EU musters resources against illegal migration By Ingrid Melander | June 22, 2006 BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A small flotilla of boats backed by aircraft is about to sally forth from Europe's coasts to the waters off west Africa to stop … Continue reading

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