Danish parties vow to tighten immigration rules as election nears
Monday, 15 June 2015 12:38 TONDER, Denmark, June 15 — Recalling how a group of refugees once threatened his life if he did not retract a police statement, Frank Pedersen is angry about the increasing number of immigrants in Denmark.
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Europe 'doesn't give a damn' about immigration quotas, says head of Italy's Northern League party as 40,000 migrants await redistribution
Monday, 15 June 2015 12:35 The EU’s migrant distribution plan appears to be in tatters, with sources in Brussels admitting that the redistribution of 24,000 African and Middle Eastern refugees currently in Italy and 16,000 in Greece will seemingly occur only on a voluntary basis.
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International students face job hunting hurdles in Japan
Monday, 15 June 2015 12:34 A 23-year-old student from China who attends the prestigious University of Tokyo is now looking for a job in Japan.
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Raif Badawi granted Quebec immigration selection certificate
Monday, 15 June 2015 12:34 The Quebec government has granted imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi a selection certificate, a first step meant to speed up his immigration process.
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Shoes thrown at Immigration Minister Peter Dutton in Brisbane Australia
Monday, 15 June 2015 12:34 Immigration Minister Peter Dutton ducked one shoe thrown at him and caught another on Sunday morning.
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Hungary's poster war on immigration
Monday, 15 June 2015 12:33 State-funded billboard in Budapest reads: "If you come to Hungary, do not take Hungarians'" jobs.
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UK: Tories could capture millions of ethnic minority votes if they soften stance on immigration, says study
Monday, 15 June 2015 12:33 The Conservatives have a golden opportunity capture the ethnic minority vote if they soften their stance on immigration, according to a study by party modernisers.
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Barack Obama Says Will Keep Pushing to Fix US Immigration System
Thursday, 11 June 2015 13:12 KRUEN: President Barack Obama said on Monday he is frustrated by U.S. federal court rulings that have stalled his immigration executive orders and will continue to push to fix the system.
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Migrant crisis: Italy's north-south divide over immigration
Thursday, 11 June 2015 13:12 Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi could offer incentives to northern cities who accept more migrants in an attempt to quell an anti-immigration row brewing between the north and south.
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Cameron says plans clampdown on non-EU immigration
Thursday, 11 June 2015 12:59 The British government plans to significantly reduce immigration from outside the European Union, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday, teeing up a confrontation with business groups who fret their supply of skilled workers will be cut.
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Hungary's anti-immigration campaign sparks controversy
Thursday, 11 June 2015 12:54 Budapest (AFP) - New anti-immigration billboards put up by the Hungarian government have sparked political controversy, with the head of a small opposition party admitting on Monday that he had vandalised the state-funded posters.
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Britain's new immigration blue print bears bad news for India
Thursday, 11 June 2015 12:53 LONDON: Spouses of Indians coming into UK with a legitimate permission to work may soon be barred from working in Britain.
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UK: Eastern European migrants get free English lessons in Salford to help integrate with local people and find work
Monday, 08 June 2015 12:36 More than 150 Eastern European migrant workers are being given free English lessons to help them get work in Salford.
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Nearly 6,000 migrants rescued this weekend, Italy feels overstretched
Monday, 08 June 2015 12:08 According to the Royal Navy, up to half a million people are currently waiting along the Libyan coast to try to cross the Mediterranean.
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Swedish ship rescues 262 migrants off Libya
Monday, 08 June 2015 12:08 UPDATED: The Swedish surveillance and rescue ship Posedion has helped a large group of migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean sea from Libya.
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UK mulls cap on skilled migrants, Punjabis wary
Monday, 08 June 2015 12:07 CHANDIGARH: With the UK government recently announcing to put a cap on the skilled migrants, fate of many Indians, especially Punjabis, might hang in balance.
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Italian leaders say no more migrants
Monday, 08 June 2015 12:07 ROME – Heartened by recent election successes by an anti-immigrant party, Italian politicians based in the north vowed Sunday not to shelter any more migrants saved at sea, even as thousands more were being rescued in the Mediterranean from smugglers’ boats in distress.
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UK authorities find some 68 migrants in trucks at port northeast of London
Monday, 08 June 2015 12:07 LONDON – British police were questioning four Polish truck drivers Friday after authorities found 68 migrants crammed in the back of trucks at a port northeast of London.
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Myanmar to start moving migrants to Bangladesh
Monday, 08 June 2015 12:06 Maungdaw, Myanmar: Some 150 migrants found adrift in a boat off Myanmar’s coast were set on Monday for transfer to neighbouring Bangladesh, an immigration official said, returning them to homes many tried to flee months ago.
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Spain at odds with Commission over immigration
Monday, 08 June 2015 12:04 The Spanish government has rejected the Commission's proposal to place refugees on its territory. The executive’s plan should be “proportionate, fair and realistic”, said Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jose Manuel García-Margallo. EurActiv Spain reports.
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- Banque du Maroc is negotiating with its French and Spanish counterparts over Moroccan remittances
- Meloni relance l’offensive contre l’immigration lors du sommet européen
- China Grants Moroccan Scientist Rachid Yazami Lithium Batteries Patent
- Migrants Day: Secretary-General Guterres calls for safe and more humane migration
- Ayman Ramdani, the founder of NGO Play4Peace, decorated by the Belgian King (Play4Peace press release)