France to double number of university courses teaching Islam to combat rise of extremism
Wednesday, 04 March 2015 12:42 French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has announced plans to double the number of university courses teaching Islam, in an effort to counter the rise of Islamic extremism and far-right extremism.
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Merkel Wants to Examine Sweeping Immigration Law Reform Plans Join our daily free Newsletter
Wednesday, 04 March 2015 12:41 German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she wants to examine plans for a sweeping reform of Germany's immigration laws proposed by one of her coalition partners, at the same time rejecting talk of a split in her government on the issue, dpa reported.
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Economic reasons forcing Ghanaians to Gulf States - Immigration
Wednesday, 04 March 2015 12:41 The Ghana Immigration Service has attributed the increase in migration of Ghanaians to the Gulf States and other western countries for greener pastures to economic hardships in Ghana.
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US states ask judge not to lift stay in immigration suit
Wednesday, 04 March 2015 12:40 Houston- A coalition of states suing to stop President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration asked a federal judge Tuesday not to lift a temporary hold on the directives.
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Nigel Farage drops Ukip's 50,000 cap on immigration
Wednesday, 04 March 2015 12:39 Nigel Farage has dropped Ukip’s plan to cap immigration at 50,000 arrivals a year, saying his policy is now just a return to “normality”.
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A Majority of Americans Favor a Path to Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants
Tuesday, 03 March 2015 13:06 Congress is facing a Friday deadline that would furlough 30,000 unessential workers from the Department of Homeland Security and force the rest of the massive agency to work without a paycheck. The shutdown battle is being waged largely over immigration policy – even though new data suggests the U.S. public as a whole doesn’t share the passion of hardcore conservatives who want to defund Obama’s executive action granting up to 5 million illegal immigrants protection from deportation.
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Pro-immigration activists protest outside Tallahassee fundraisers
Tuesday, 03 March 2015 13:05 As Florida lawmakers made a last-minute fundraising push on Monday, a group of activists gathered outside the Governor's Club to support immigration reform.
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Deadline looming over President Obama's immigration plan
Tuesday, 03 March 2015 13:05 A Texas judge says a coalition of states suing to stop President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration has until Monday to respond to a request by the U.S. government to lift a temporary hold of Obama's orders. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, Texas, set the deadline in a court order he issued Tuesday.
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IMMIGRATION: Campaign educating people about second chance to live in U.S.
Tuesday, 03 March 2015 13:04 A federal judge last week approved a settlement between the federal government and attorneys for nine undocumented-immigrant plaintiffs who accused the federal government of using deceptive and sometimes coercive tactics to expel them from the country. The settlement allows hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of expelled immigrants to return to the United States to seek legal status.
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Hundreds rally in Apopka to support President Obama's immigration order
Tuesday, 03 March 2015 13:04 A rally in support of President Barack Obama's executive order on immigration drew about 300 people on Sunday to the Hope Community Center in Apopka.
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House Republicans Vow to Continue Battle Against Immigration Measures
Monday, 02 March 2015 12:32 House Republican leaders vowed Sunday to keep trying to block President Barack Obama ’s immigration measures as they continue to struggle over how to keep funding the Homeland Security Department.
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Immigration policy led to 'new forms of racism', says new study
Monday, 02 March 2015 12:26 The Government’s tough rhetoric on immigration is alienating migrant communities and causing “new forms of racism” to break out across the country, a major study will warn today.
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Farage bangs immigration drum at UKIP’s spring conference
Monday, 02 March 2015 12:25 The leader of the UK Independence Party is promising a breakthrough in the May parliamentary elections.
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Ken Clarke blasts Tory immigration plans as damaging to Britain's economy
Monday, 02 March 2015 12:25 Ken Clarke has agreed to leave his role as Justice Secretary but is likely to remain in the Government
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Protesters clash in Rome ahead of anti-immigrant rally
Monday, 02 March 2015 12:12 Clashes have broken out in Rome on the eve of a rally by Italy's right-wing Northern League party, during a counter-protest by activists opposed to the party's anti-immigrant stand.
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3 Reasons President Obama Is Winning This Immigration Fight
Friday, 27 February 2015 11:49 As the Republican Congress tried this week to get itself out of the box it put itself in, President Obama was in Miami, aggressively ratcheting up the political pressure on the GOP on the issue underlying the standoff over funding the Department of Homeland Security — immigration. Here are three reasons why the president is winning this fight:
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How Hispanic immigration will help fuel job growth in South Florida over the next 20 years
Friday, 27 February 2015 11:48 The Hispanic population in the U.S. will have a significant impact on job growth over the next 20 years, and South Florida will play a key role in that job spurt, says a new national study.
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Children in immigration detention 'should be held no more than three days'
Friday, 27 February 2015 11:48 Children in immigration detention should be held for no longer than three days, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists has said in a new position statement.
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Immigration status creating barriers for some students
Friday, 27 February 2015 11:42 ASHEVILLE – Paying for college is tough for most anyone. But for Melvis Madrigal and students like him, it's even more challenging.
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What Americans Actually Think About Immigration
Friday, 27 February 2015 11:41 On immigration reform, rhetoric has often been out of sync with public opinion. Despite roughly three-quarters of Americans supporting the goals behind President Obama’s executive action on immigration, Obama’s new immigration plan has run into repeated Republican roadblocks. Republican governors in 26 states are suing the Obama administration, claiming that the order exceeded Obama’s authority.
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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)