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New Incentive To Help Immigrants Return Home

New incentive to help immigrants return home Christian Peregin Timesofmalta.com Sunday, 8th November 2009 Illegal immigrants who opt to return to their home countries voluntarily will be offered more preparation before they start afresh under a new programme launched by … Continue reading

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Cornerstone Laid For Controversial Cologne Mosque

Cornerstone laid for controversial Cologne mosque Published: 7 Nov 09 13:56 CET Online: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20091107-23099.html The symbolic first stone was laid for one of Europes largest mosques at ceremony in Cologne on Saturday after years of controversy dividing the citys residents. … Continue reading

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Athens Cautious Of Turk Advances

Athens cautious of Turk advances eKathimerini.com November 7, 2009 A recent effort to advance relations between Greece and Turkey is being treated with caution by Athens, it emerged yesterday after a flurry of diplomatic activity between the two countries. Speaking … Continue reading

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European Deportation Charters Could Become Routine

European deportation charters could become routine Radio France Internationale Article published on the 2009-10-30 Latest update 2009-10-30 14:58 TU Undocumented immigrants could be sent home from Europe in chartered flights under a proposal being considered by European Union leaders at … Continue reading

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France Migrant Policy Critised

France migrant policy criticised Emma Jane Kirby BBC News, Paris October 29, 2009 France's system of detaining and deporting unaccompanied migrant children flown into Paris has been criticised in a damning new report. The French government says children arriving at … Continue reading

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Sarkozy Accused Of Fear-Mongering As France Debates Its Identity

Sarkozy accused of fear-mongering as France debates its identity Nicolas Sarkozy is being accused of taking advantage of deep divisions over France's lack of success in integrating non-white immigrants By Peter O'Neil, Europe Correspondent, Canwest News Service October 29, 2009 … Continue reading

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France To Launch National Pride Campaign In Battle Against Islamic Fundamentalism

France to launch national pride campaign in battle against Islamic fundamentalism By Peter Allen Mail Online Last updated at 4:17 PM on 27th October 2009 Comments (249) France is to adopt a series of measures to 'reaffirm pride' in the … Continue reading

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French Immigration Official: No Burqas In The Street

French immigration official: 'No burqas in the street' USA Today Posted 10/25/2009 3:22 PM Comments 59 PARIS (AP) France's immigration minister has proposed a debate on French “national identity,” saying it should not include face-covering Muslim veils such as the … Continue reading

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Sending Europe’s Asylum Seekers Home

Sending Europe's Asylum Seekers Home By Vivienne Walt, Paris Time Magazine Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 When police demolished the illegal refugee squatter camp known as “the Jungle” in northern France in September, the French intended to make a statement that … Continue reading

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Italy and France Seek EU-Libya Accord To Curb Illegal Immigration

Italy and France seek EU-Libya accord to curb illegal immigration M&C Europe News Oct 23, 2009, 14:54 GMT Rome – Italy and France want the European Union to clinch a deal with Libya aimed at helping the North African nation … Continue reading

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Afghan Expulsions Must Follow Rules, EU’s Barrot Says

Afghan expulsions must follow rules, EU's Barrot says Posted : Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:46:44 GMT By : dpa Category : Europe (World) Brussels – European Union member states must follow strict rules if they want to forcibly repatriate illegal … Continue reading

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Brussels Seeks End To EU ‘Asylum Lottery’

Brussels seeks end to EU 'asylum lottery' Posted : Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:04:44 GMT By : dpa Category : Finance (General) Brussels – Officials in Brussels on Wednesday called for common and fairer asylum rules within the European Union … Continue reading

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Swiss To Vote On Proposal Banning New Minarets

Swiss to vote on proposal banning new minarets Reuters, October 16, 2009 http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20091016/world-news/swiss-to-vote-on-proposal-banning-new-minarets The minaret of the mosque of the Islamic Cultural Foundation at Grand-Saconnex in Geneva, Switzerland. Switzerland will hold a referendum on November 29 on banning the construction … Continue reading

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Geert Wilders Arrives In UK And Expalins His ‘Problems With Islam’

Geert Wilders arrives in UK and explains his 'problems with Islam' The Telegraph (U.K.), October 16, 2009 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6348730/Geert-Wilders-arrives-in-UK-and-explains-his-problems-with-Islam.html Police held back a crowd of Muslim demonstrators as Geert Wilders met Ukip peer Lord Pearson opposite the Houses of Parliament. Explaining … Continue reading

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Vast New Illegal Migrant Camp Opens In France

Vast new illegal migrant camp opens in France as officials admit they have 'no alternative' By Peter Allen The Daily Mail (U.K.), October 16, 2009 A vast charity camp for illegal migrants heading towards England has opened in northern France. … Continue reading

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South Africa To Protest Race-Based Argument Accepted By Dublin Court

South Africa to protest race-based argument accepted by Dublin court By Bill Corcoran The Irish Times, October 15, 2009 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/1015/1224256689848.html Cape Town — The South African government is to lodge a protest with the Irish ambassador in Pretoria against a … Continue reading

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More Asylum Seekers To Norway

More asylum seekers to Norway The Norway Post, October 15, 2009 http://www.norwaypost.no/content/view/22627/1/ Image So far this year 13,379 asylum seekers have arrived in Norway. This is nearly as many as for the whole of last year, when around 14,400 applied … Continue reading

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Italy: Muslim Intellectual Urges Action On Fundamentalism

Italy: Muslim intellectual urges action on fundamentalism ADN Kronos International (Italy), October 15, 2009 http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3879938004 Rome (AKI) — The president of the association of Italian Muslims, Ahmad Gianpiero Vincenzo, has urged measures to tackle the problem of religious extremism. 'We … Continue reading

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Frontex Seeks Turkish Cooperation

Frontex seeks Turkish cooperation Kathimerini (Greece), October 14, 2009 http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100008_14/10/2009_111537 A senior official of the European Unions border-monitoring agency Frontex yesterday said the organizations efforts to curb a wave of illegal immigrants seeking to enter the bloc through Greece would … Continue reading

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Italy’s Equal Opportunities Minister Mara Carfagna Calls For Burqa Ban

Italy's equal opportunities minister Mara Carfagna calls for burqa ban An Italian government minister who made her name by taking her clothes off for men's magazines has called for a ban on the all-enveloping burqa. By Nick Squires in The … Continue reading

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