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Brussels Barroso Calls For Members To Back New Treaty Deal

EU's Barroso calls for members to back new treaty deal 15 June 2007, 17:00 CET EU Business Week (VALETTA) – European Union Commission President Jose Barroso Friday urged member states to back a new treaty at their summit later this … Continue reading

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Germany Introduces New Immigration Laws

Germany introduces new immigration laws Eux.tv Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 17:35 Subject: /Germany-Immigration/ Berlin (dpa ) – The German parliament signed off on a new law Thursday allowing thousands of long-term immigrants to stay legally as long they find … Continue reading

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Frontex Mission In The Balance

Frontex mission in the balance Ivan Camilleri in Brussels The Times of Malta June 14, 2007 The EU border control agency Frontex is having great difficulty putting together the vessels and aircraft needed to operate its planned anti- immigration patrols … Continue reading

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Foreign Workers Scheme Is Slavery, Says U.S.

Foreign workers scheme is slavery, says US Craig Skehan and Anne Davies June 14, 2007 Sydney Morning Herald A US State Department suggestion that conditions for some foreign workers in Australia under a special visa scheme constituted “slavery” has been … Continue reading

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Brussels Wants Fewer Rules On Migration

Brussels wants fewer rules on migration By Sarah Laitner in Brussels and Bertrand Benoit in Berlin The Financial Times Published: June 13 2007 18:22 | Last updated: June 13 2007 18:22 European Union countries were threatened on Wedesnday with court … Continue reading

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EU To Create World’s Biggest Bio-Data Pool

EU to create world's biggest bio-data pool 13.06.2007 – 09:29 CET | By Renata Goldirova The EU Observer The EU bloc has taken the final step towards having the world's largest biometric database with 70 million sets of fingerprints, designed … Continue reading

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More Teachers Needed For Immigrants

More teachers needed for immigrants Working group wants about 650 new teachers by 2012 HELSINGIN SANOMAT INTERNATIONAL EDITION – HOME June 13, 2007 About 650 new teachers will be needed by 2012 to meet the needs of school pupils with … Continue reading

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Far From War, A Town With A Well-Used Welcome Mat (Sweden)

Far From War, a Town With a Well-Used Welcome Mat By IVAR EKMAN Sodertalje Journal Published: June 13, 2007 Dean C. K. Cox for The New York Times SODERTALJE, Sweden, June 11 Walking down the carpeted aisle of Sodertaljes low-slung … Continue reading

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Plea To Take In Chinese Muslims

Plea to take in Chinese Muslims Sarah Smiles The Age (Melbourne) June 13, 2007 AUSTRALIA has been asked to grant asylum to a group of Chinese Muslim men who have been released from detention at Guantanamo Bay, amid fears that … Continue reading

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Blears In Row Over Immigrants

Blears in row over immigrants By Brendan Carlin, Political Correspondent The Telegraph Last Updated: 1:45am BST 12/06/2007 Hazel Blears, the Labour party chairman, was accused yesterday of stereotyping immigrants by suggesting the public associated them with “street drinking” and anti-social … Continue reading

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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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Number Of Visas For IT Professionals In Australia Skyrockets

Number of visas for IT professionals in Australia skyrockets WorkPermit.com 12 June 2007 Australia's Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) granted a record number of temporary employment visas for IT professionals during the nine month's prior to 31 March 2007. … Continue reading

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Bosses May Pay For Migrants’ English

Bosses may pay for migrants' English By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 12:55am BST 10/06/2007 Employers will be told to pay for language lessons for immigrant workers who have a poor grasp of English, under proposals to be unveiled … Continue reading

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Amnesty R.I.P.: A Bad Deal Dies

Amnesty, R.I.P. A bad deal dies. By Mark Krikorian National Review Online June 8, 2007 5:30 AM How could the Senate amnesty bill have possibly failed? It was supported by the president, the majority party and prominent members of the … Continue reading

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Rising Immigration Fuels 26- Year Fertility High

Rising immigration fuels 26-year fertility high By Emma Henry and agencies The Telegraph Last Updated: 1:59am BST 08/06/2007 Rising immigration and older mothers have fuelled a 26-year high in the number of children women are having in England and Wales. … 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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British Workers For British Jobs, Says Brown

British workers for British jobs says Brown By George Jones, Toby Helm and Graeme Wilson The Telegraph Last Updated: 1:39am BST 07/06/2007 Gordon Brown promised yesterday to launch a drive to train thousands of unemployed workers for jobs currently being … 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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