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EU Cash Will Help State Fund More Deportations

EU cash will help State fund more deportations By Edel Kennedy The Irish Independent, October 12, 2009 http://www.independent.ie/national-news/eu-cash-will-help-state-fund-more-deportations-1910834.html The EU is giving cash to the Government to help pay for flights home for migrants who lose their jobs. Ireland had … Continue reading

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Italy Acquits Migrant Rescue Crew

Italy acquits migrant rescue crew The BBC News (U.K.), October 7, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8295727.stm An Italian court has acquitted three members of a German charity of aiding illegal migration after they rescued a boatload of stranded African migrants. In 2004, a … Continue reading

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EU States Urged To Show Solidarity

EU states urged to show solidarity By Matthew Xuereb The Times of Malta, October 6, 2009 http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20091006/local/eu-states-urged-to-show-solidarity Malta is not alone when it deals with the problems of illegal migration and other EU member states should show solidarity in practice, … Continue reading

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Calais Migrants To Get Flight Home And 1900 Pounds

Calais migrants to get flight home and 1,900 Hundreds of Afghan migrants will be flown home to Afghanistan from Calais on Tuesday with a 1,900 cash payment paid for by British and French taxpayers. By Peter Allen in Paris The … Continue reading

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Wilders Wants Integration Minister Charged

Wilders wants Integration Minister charged The Radio Netherlands News, October 5, 2009 http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/dutch-news/Wilders-wants-Integration-Minister-charged_56970.html Geert Wilders hopes to use an archaic law to bring charges against Integration Minister Eberhard van der Laan for failing to answer questions on immigration. Wilders Freedom … Continue reading

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Most Minors Missing From Care In Dublin Are Chinese

Most minors missing from care in Dublin are Chinese By Jenny Hauser The Irish Times, October 5, 2009 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1005/ 1224255887682.html Some 80 per cent of minors who are reported missing from State care in Dublin are Chinese teenagers who had … Continue reading

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Historian Slams Finland’s Immigration And Asylum Policies

Historian slams Finland's immigration and asylum policies The Helsinki Times, October 5, 2009 http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/htimes/domestic-news/general/8242-historian-slams-finlands-immigration-and-asylum-policies-hs-.html Timo Vihavainen, a historian, was quoted as saying by national daily Helsingin Sanomat on Sunday that immigration was such a taboo in Finland that any suggestion … Continue reading

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Luxembourg Minister In Malta For Migration Talks

Luxembourg minister in Malta for migration talks The Times of Malta, October 5, 2009 http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20091005/local/luxembourg-minister-in-malta-for-migration-talks The Luxembourg Minister of Home Affairs, Jean-Marie Halsdorf, is in Malta for talks on illegal immigration and law enforcement. He was greeted at the airport … Continue reading

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Experts Recommend ‘turbo’ Naturalisation For Immigrants

Experts recommend turbo naturalisation for immigrants The Local (Germany), October 4, 2009 http://www.thelocal.de/society/20091004-22337.html Germanys next government should speed up the process for granting citizenship to immigrants, according to a new report by a group of migration experts. As the Christian … Continue reading

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‘Jungle’ Demolition A Success

'Jungle' demolition a success Agence France Presse, October 2, 2009 http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_437328.html Calais (AFP) — France's immigration minister flew back to Calais on Friday to say the high-profile bulldozing of a squalid Afghan migrant camp was a success, despite claims its … Continue reading

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Immigrants Concentrated In Certain Parts Of The Capital Region

Immigrants concentrated in certain parts of the capital region The Helsinki Times, October 1, 2009 http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/htimes/finnish-papers/8167-immigrants-concentrated-in-certain-parts-of-the-capital-region.html 'Concentrations of immigrants have begun to form gradually in the Helsinki Metropolitan area. For example, people from Muslim-majority countries are mostly concentrated in eastern … Continue reading

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Appeal For More European Countries To Help Out In Malta’s Refugee Problems

Appeal for more European countries to help out in Maltas refugee problems The Malta Independent September 30, 2009 The Emigrants Commission yesterday thanked the nations of France, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Luxembourg and Lithuania, who have recently helped out and opted … Continue reading

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Riot Police Destroy Calais Migrant Camps Again As Mayor Slams Britain For Not Being Able To Control Its Borders

Riot police destroy Calais migrant camps AGAIN as mayor slams Britain for being unable to control its borders By Peter Allen The Daily Mail (U.K.), September 29, 2009 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1216950/Riot-police-destroy-Calais-migrant-camps-AGAIN-mayor-slams-Britain-unable-control-borders.html Hundreds of riot police were back destroying illegal migrant camps in … Continue reading

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New ‘Jungle’ For Asylum Seekers Springs Up On Outskirts Of Calais

New 'jungle' for asylum seekers springs up on outskirts of Calais A new 'jungle' has sprung up in Calais just 24 hours after police closed a large makeshift camp for asylum seekers less than a mile away in the northern … Continue reading

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France Won’t Expel Young Illegal Immigrants

France won't expel young illegal immigrants By Elaine Ganley The Associated Press, September 23, 2009 http://www.kansascity.com/451/story/1463893.html Paris (AP) — France's immigration minister said Wednesday that minors detained in a roundup of illegal immigrants in the English Channel port of Calais … Continue reading

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France’s Army Embraces Its Muslim Soldiers

France's army embraces its Muslim soldiers Adamantly secular country now offers halal meals, prayer rooms and private trips to Mecca for the hajj Susan Sachs Paris Special to The Globe and Mail Last updated on Friday, Sep. 18, 2009 03:25AM … Continue reading

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Colleagues Defend French Interior Minister After Alleged Anti-Arab Slur

Colleagues defend French interior minister after alleged anti-Arab slur By Associated Press September 11, 2009 | 11:43 a.m. PARIS (AP) Cabinet members rushed Friday to defend France's interior minister a key ally of President Nicolas Sarkozy amid calls for the … Continue reading

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Norway’s Iron Lady Takes On Leftist Gov’t In Vote

Norway's Iron Lady Takes on Leftist Gov't in Vote By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: September 11, 2009 OSLO (AP) — Siv Jensen has an unusual ambition for a nation famous for its cradle-to-grave welfare system: she wants to go down … Continue reading

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Berlusconi-Zapatero : Immigration Must Be An EU Priority

BERLUSCONI-ZAPATERO: IMMIGRATION MUST BE AN EU PRIORITY By Fabrizio Finzi ANSAmed September 11, 2009 LA MADDALENA, SARDINIA – Spain has undertaken to use its forthcoming presidency of the European Union (for the first six months of 2010) to construct a … Continue reading

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Italian Lawmaker Moves To Block Romanian Film

Italian Lawmaker Moves to Block Romanian Film By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: September 11, 2009 Filed at 10:24 a.m. ET BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A movie about a Romanian immigrant who dreams of finding a better life in Italy has … Continue reading

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