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Illegal Lorry Immigrants Caught Once A Fortnight

Illegal lorry immigrants caught once a fortnight By Wayne Bontoft Published Date: 26 October 2007 Source: Northampton Chron & Echo Location: Northampton Illegal immigrants are caught hiding in lorries in Northamptonshire once every fortnight. Latest figures released by the police … Continue reading

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Congo and France Sign Accord On Migration Management, Co-Development

Congo and France sign accord on migration management, co-development Journal Chretien vendredi 26 octobre 2007 Congo signed on Thursday in Brazzaville an agreement on the management of migration influxes and co-development, thus becoming the third French-speaking African country after Senegal … Continue reading

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Police Find 23 Iraqis Crammed Into Vehicle On Danish Border

Police find 23 Iraqis crammed into vehicle on Danish border Expatica News 26 October 2007 Jarplund-Weding (dpa) – A small van with 23 illegal Iraqi refugees crammed into it has been found on the German-Danish border, police said Friday. German … Continue reading

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Japan To Fingerprint Foreign Visitors

Japan to Fingerprint Foreign Visitors By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: October 26, 2007 TOKYO (AP) — Japan hopes to thwart potential terrorists from entering the country by fingerprinting and photographing all foreigners aged 16 or over on entry starting next … Continue reading

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Report Counts 400,000 Temporary Migrants

Report counts 400,000 temporary migrants Martin Bentham, Home Affairs Editor Evening Standard 25.10.07 Nearly 400,000 short-term migrants are coming to London each year, the first official estimate of temporary residents in the capital reveals today. About 90,000 of the arrivals, … Continue reading

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Dutch Police End ChildTrafficking Ring

Dutch police end child trafficking ring Expatica News 25 October 2007 THE HAGUE (AFP) – Dutch authorities have smashed an international Nigerian child trafficking ring, making 20 arrests in seven countries, the national prosecutor's office said Wednesday. International gangs smuggled … Continue reading

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Foreign Student Numbers On The Rise

Foreign student numbers on the rise By REBECCA TODD – The Press Thursday, 25 October 2007 New Zealand's $2 billion-a-year international education sector is in good heart after years of uncertainty. The latest figures from Education New Zealand show numbers … Continue reading

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Jamaicans In UK Jails To Serve Remaining Sentence At Home

Jamaicans in UK jails to serve remaining sentence at home The Jamaica Gleaner published: Thursday | October 25, 2007 JAMAICA and Britain are in discussions on the transfer of more than 1,000 Jamaicans currently serving time in the United Kingdom … Continue reading

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3000 Prisoners To Get Boot

3,000 prisoners to get boot By Bob Roberts The Mirror 25/10/2007 Nearly 3,000 foreign prisoners in UK jails could be sent home to serve the rest of their sentences. An agreement with Jamaica was signed in June and is close … Continue reading

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Herouxville Councillor Among Friends At Meeting

Hrouxville councillor among friends at hearing 'Reasonable accommodation' commission. Man who drafted town's controversial 'code of life' basks in allies' praise but gets harsh words, too JEFF HEINRICH, The Gazette Published: Wednesday, October 24 The Bouchard-Taylor commission on “reasonable accommodation” … Continue reading

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Quebec Town Defends Controversial ‘Code Of Life’ For Immigrants

Quebec town defends controversial 'code of life' for immigrants Jeff Heinrich CanWest News Service Wednesday, October 24, 2007 TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. — The brief from the town of Herouxville Wednesday began with a bemused observation. “We have been called names,” said … Continue reading

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New Border Control Will Abolish Free Movement Between UK and Ireland

New border control will abolish free movement between UK and Ireland David Sharrock: Ireland Correspondent From The Times October 25, 2007 The free movement of people between Ireland and Britain has survived centuries of tension and even terrorism, but that … Continue reading

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Britain Secretly Converts Prisons To Detain Foreign Criminals Only

Britain secretly converts prisons to detain foreign criminals only Richard Ford, Home Correspondent From The Times October 24, 2007 Two jails in England and Wales are occupied fully by foreign inmates as the Prison Service tries to cope with a … Continue reading

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School Fees Paid For Returning Asylum Seekers

School fees paid for returning asylum seekers By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor The Teleghraph Last Updated: 2:38am BST 24/10/2007 Free education, accommodation and cash handouts are to be given to failed asylum seekers to encourage them to return home … Continue reading

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Germans Reject EU Fast-Track Immigration Scheme

BLUE CARD BLUES Germans Reject EU Fast-Track Immigration Scheme Spiegel On Line October 24, 2007 Politicians in Germany have voiced their opposition to a Blue Card fast-track migration scheme for the EU. But the country's business leaders say the economy … Continue reading

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Dutch Gov’t Statistics Agency Cuts Estimate Of Muslim Population

Dutch government statistics agency cuts estimate of Muslim population The Associated Press Published: October 24, 2007 AMSTERDAM, Netherlands: There are significantly fewer Muslims in the Netherlands than previously believed, the country's Central Bureau for Statistics said Wednesday, after a review … Continue reading

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Protesters Clash With Police In Belgium

Protesters Clash With Police in Belgium The Associated Press Oct 24, 2007 BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) Youths protesting attacks by Kurdish rebels in Turkey clashed with baton-wielding police Wednesday in Brussels, leaving 10 policemen injured. Police said more than 100 demonstrators … Continue reading

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VDAB Visits Unemployed Minorities

VDAB visits unemployed minorities Expatica News 24 October 2007 BRUSSELS The Flemish jobs agency VDAB wants to visit unemployed people of immigrant background at home in an effort to offer them jobs. Starting in November employment agents will start making … Continue reading

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Downer’s Refugee Call Sparks Ire Over Nauru

Downer's refugee call sparks ire over Nauru Brendan Nicholson The Age October 24, 2007 THE Foreign Minister has suggested that Australia should provide sanctuary for people fleeing violence in Burma prompting calls from refugee advocates for him to start with … Continue reading

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French Parliament Set To Approve DNA Immigration Bill

French parliament set to approve DNA immigration bill Expatica News 23 October 2007 PARIS (AFP) – The French parliament was on Tuesday poised to adopt an immigration bill that has sparked angry debate for introducing DNA testing of foreigners who … Continue reading

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