Immigration and health what UK voters are talking about, data shows
Tuesday, 10 March 2015 15:02 A new research project is measuring what issues are dominating the discussion of the UK public as the general election nears.
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2016 Republican Presidential Hopefuls talk immigration at Iowa agriculture summit
Tuesday, 10 March 2015 15:01 Several potential Republican nominees for president converged on the Iowa Agricultural Summit to lay out their message and position themselves for a general election race in 2016. While several potential candidates laid out their position on illegal immigration, ranging from enforcement of existing laws to amnesty for illegal aliens, only a few spoke on legal immigration.
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Greek government aims to reform immigration policy
Monday, 09 March 2015 13:30 Athens - Greece has long been a destination and transit point for migrants from Senegal to Pakistan because of its long coastline with numerous islands as well as its border with Turkey beckoning migrants from Asia.
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Immigration: 576% rise in poorest Europeans registering for work
Monday, 09 March 2015 13:30 Official figures show 187,370 Romanians and Bulgarians were given National Insurance numbers over the course of 2014 after immigration rules were relaxed, up from 27,700 during the previous year
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Immigration team chases Bosnian war criminals 20 years after conflict’s end
Monday, 09 March 2015 13:29 Two decades after the end of the Balkan conflict, a three-year spasm of ethnic and religious bloodletting that came to define modern-day genocide, the war in Bosnia is still being fought in the United States.
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Path to citizenship or greater enforcement: GOP presidential hopefuls split on immigration
Monday, 09 March 2015 13:29 The rift over immigration in the emerging Republican presidential field opened up publicly Saturday, as several potential candidates called for enforcement of existing laws while former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and South Carolina Sen. Lindsay Graham said those living in the U.S. illegally should have a path to legal status.
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New immigration requirements for foreigners entering China for short-term work assignment
Monday, 09 March 2015 13:08 The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of Culture jointly issued a Notice on the Relevant Formalities for Foreigners Entering China for Completing Short-Term Work Assignment (for Trial Implementation) ("Notice") on 6 November 2014 which provides for new visa and residence requirements on foreigners entering and staying in China for work for no more than 90 days. The Notice has become effective since 1 January 2015.
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Scottish immigration chiefs tighten rules after it emerged 11 sham weddings reported every week
Monday, 09 March 2015 13:07 Immigration chiefs are launching a crackdown on sham marriages after it was revealed around 11 fake weddings are reported by registrars every week.
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How immigration benefits America's middle class
Monday, 09 March 2015 13:07 Opponents of immigration reform in Congress insist that repealing the president's actions will not only roll back executive overreach, but also benefit the middle class. More legal workers, they claim, have led to stagnant wages. But they are wrong. Since 1980, Americans have faced less competition for jobs from new workers — foreign and domestic.
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Australia is 'sick of being lectured' on torture in its immigration system, says PM Tony Abbott
Monday, 09 March 2015 13:06 Australia’s Prime Minister has hit back at allegations of systemic torture in the country’s immigration system by telling the United Nations that Australians are “sick of being lectured” on the subject.
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Europe swamped with crush of migrants arriving by land, sea
Friday, 06 March 2015 11:28 The European Union is immersed in a full-fledged migration crisis.
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Tackling immigration fears in UK only way Britain will support EU in future says Eurocrat
Friday, 06 March 2015 11:24 European Commission First Vice President Frans Timmermans added that actual stronger economic growth in Europe - not just talk about it – would be vital to winning over the British public.
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Brussels plans migration centres outside EU to process asylum applications
Friday, 06 March 2015 11:23 The European commission is planning to establish immigrant-processing centres outside the EU for the first time, in a radical policy departure aimed at stemming the movement of hundreds of thousands of people across the Mediterranean.
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West Windsor police host four-days of programs to learn about Islam, Muslim culture
Friday, 06 March 2015 11:15 West Windsor— Close to 100 township workers and emergency responders attended a symposium hosted by the West Windsor Police Department focused on learning about Islam and Muslim culture, police said.
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Obama administration asks judge to speed up immigration decision
Friday, 06 March 2015 11:15 WASHINGTON - The Obama administration asked a federal judge in Texas to decide by Monday whether he will put on hold his prior decision to block the White House's executive orders on immigration, or at least limit the impact to Texas.
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Asia Society Texas Center to explore Chinese/Mexican immigration experience in upcoming exhibition
Friday, 06 March 2015 11:14 HOUSTON, TX -- Asia Society Texas Center is excited to announce its upcoming exhibition, The Other Side: Chinese and Mexican Immigration to America. Featuring six contemporary artists, the exhibition explores recurring issues of immigration, border relations, and labor practices that have persisted throughout U.S. history and remain timely today. The exhibition will be displayed in Asia Society Texas Center's Louisa Stude Sarofim Gallery from March 28, 2015 through July 19, 2015.
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In the Wake of More Migrant Deaths, Europe Says It Will Speed Up Migration Reform
Thursday, 05 March 2015 13:07 The European Commission has started work on a new European migration policy, just one day after a new tragedy off the coast of Sicily claimed the lives of 10 migrants.
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Danish asylum numbers plunge after rule changes
Thursday, 05 March 2015 12:56 Newly-released figures show that the number of asylum seekers in January was only one fifth of what it was in September, while just three individuals from Eritrea applied for refugee status compared to over 500 in July.
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UKIP would bring Australian immigration model to UK
Thursday, 05 March 2015 12:55 UKIP would remodel the UK's immigration system to resemble the Australian points based system in an effort to get immigration "back to normal", said party leader Nigel Farage.
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Effort to Curb Immigration in Britain Hits a Bump
Thursday, 05 March 2015 12:54 LEICESTER, England — Thabata Martins says she sent out her résumé more than 100 times in the year after finishing her studies to become a nurse in Spain in 2013.
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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)