John Lydon on Ukip: 'Their talk about immigration is subdued racism'
Thursday, 18 December 2014 12:31 John Lydon is no fan of Ukip, having previously described the party as “a black hole for the ignorant to fall into”.
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Canada seeks 50 millionaires for test of immigration program
Thursday, 18 December 2014 12:00 Vancouver, (Reuters) - Canada is looking for 50 wealthy foreigners to join a pilot run of an immigration program for millionaires, although applicants will have to be far richer than those who entered under a previous scheme and will also need language skills to get in.
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Switzerland's Emphatic Rejection of Immigration Cap is Hugely Positive for Expats, says Interdean
Wednesday, 17 December 2014 12:27 The reaction follows the news that the referendum on immigration has been comfortably rejected by its population, ensuring expatriates from across the world can continue to make the most of the European country.
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Europe's main leaders far apart on immigration
Wednesday, 17 December 2014 12:27 In less than three weeks, Britain's David Cameron and France's Francois Hollande have set out starkly contrasting approaches to immigration, while Angela Merkel has warned fellow Germans against manipulation by far-right xenophobes.
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Denmark: Eritrea Immigration Report Deeply Flawed
Wednesday, 17 December 2014 12:27 A Danish immigration report on Eritrea that suggests changing refugee policy for Eritrean asylum seekers is deeply flawed. Denmark and other European governments should await the outcome of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea, established in June 2014, before considering any major policy changes concerning Eritrea.
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Obama's immigration actions ruled unconstitutional
Wednesday, 17 December 2014 12:26 A federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled President Barack Obama's recent executive actions on immigration unconstitutional, but the decision came in a criminal case, leaving its broader impact uncertain.
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Hollande hails benefits of immigration in swipe at Sarkozy
Wednesday, 17 December 2014 12:26 French President François Hollande delivered a rare and passionate defence of the benefits of immigration as he formally inaugurated France’s first immigration museum, seven years after its hushed opening under his predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Nearly 50% of Danes Disapprove of Radical Tone of National Debate on Immigration
Tuesday, 16 December 2014 11:57 (Sputnik) — Approximately 50 percent of Danish citizens consider the tone of the national debate on foreigners too radical, but the overall attitude toward immigration remains negative among the majority of Danes, the Local Denmark said Monday.
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More Immigration Needed to Bolster Korean Workforce, Study Says
Tuesday, 16 December 2014 11:56 South Korea might need as many as 15 million immigrants—equivalent to a third of its current population–by 2060 to make up for a shrinking workforce and sustain growth, according to a Seoul-based private think tank.
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German government wants 'open' debate about immigration
Tuesday, 16 December 2014 11:50 BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Germans on Monday not to be duped by far-right rhetoric, amid concern about the growing number of people flocking to anti-Islam demonstrations in the country.
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Obama braces for immigration battle with GOP
Tuesday, 16 December 2014 11:49 President Obama is bracing for a political and legal battle with Republicans next year over his executive actions on immigration, but as he seeks to rally support against the anticipated assault, a lingering frustration among some Latinos could mean renewed pressure on him to do even more to protect illegal immigrants.
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The Sydney showdown and Australia’s debate over immigration and asylum
Tuesday, 16 December 2014 11:45 The man behind the deadly 16-hour hostage standoff in Sydney arrived in Australia as a refugee in 1996, seeking asylum from the Iranian regime. In the years since, Man Haron Monis became a self-styled cleric and fell afoul of the law on multiple occasions. He was out on bail after being charged last year as an accessory to the murder of his wife.
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Immigration to the UK must be ‘properly managed’ said Labour leader Ed Miliband
Tuesday, 16 December 2014 11:32 British employers will face jail sentences if they employ immigrant labour on poorer conditions to locals if Labour wins power, the party’s leader, Ed Miliband has declared, in his latest bid to respond to voters’ fears.
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#illridewithyou: hashtag offers solidarity with Sydney's Muslims after cafe siege
Monday, 15 December 2014 12:08 After concerns that people wearing Islamic dress could be harassed, Sydney locals have been using Twitter to offer to travel with them.
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Immigrants look elsewhere as Spain's unemployment rate skyrockets
Monday, 15 December 2014 12:02 MALAGA, Spain — In 2000 Yasmina Bencherif moved with her parents from their home in Morocco to La Garriga, a town in the outskirts of Barcelona. She was one of many in that decade to look toward Spain for their future.
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Undocumented Immigrants Line Up for Door Opened by Obama
Monday, 15 December 2014 11:55 LOS ANGELES — They pushed strollers, tugged toddlers and streamed into the convention center in the heart of this city on Sunday, thousands of immigrants here illegally and anxious to find out if they could gain protection from deportation under executive actions by President Obama.
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France shaken up by Zemmour and 'new reactionaries'
Monday, 15 December 2014 11:52 There is a new intellectual force in France - giving shape and weight to ideas that challenge the disastrous post-1968 left-wing consensus.
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The rise of the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats: 'We don't feel at home any more, and it's their fault'
Monday, 15 December 2014 11:46 Sweden Democrats insist that they have shed their racist past. David Crouch goes to their stronghold in Kristianstad to find the truth about the party that brought down a government.
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David Cameron's immigration 'attacks' condemned by European Union boss
Monday, 15 December 2014 11:45 Jean-Claude Juncker has slapped down David Cameron for his constant attacks on EU migrants.
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Mediterranean, Arlem focus on macro-regions and immigration
Monday, 15 December 2014 11:45 (ANSAmed) - BRUSSELLS - The two main themes of the plenary Assembly of local and regional authorities of the Mediterranean (Arlem) scheduled on December 14 and 15 in Antalya, Turkey, will be new macro-regional strategies in the Mediterranean and a bigger say for local authorities in the management of immigration phenomena.
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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)