White House Says Immigration Plans Not Final Yet
Thursday, 23 October 2014 11:00 The White House on Wednesday cautioned against making assumptions about President Barack Obama's changes to immigration rules based on a new federal contract proposal from the Homeland Security Department to buy enough supplies to make as many as 34 million immigrant work permits and residency cards over the next five years.
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Danish immigrant party challenges populist right
Wednesday, 22 October 2014 14:07 A political party targeting the immigrant vote by advocating looser immigration laws and "a ban on banning" religious symbols has launched in Denmark amid record support for the populist right.
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Cutting EU immigration will backfire, say employers
Wednesday, 22 October 2014 11:28 Britain’s bosses have come out fighting for the country to remain in the European Union and warned that David Cameron’s plans to cut migration from the EU could backfire by damaging business.
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Slim majority of Swiss back severe new immigration limits.
Wednesday, 22 October 2014 11:28 ZURICH (Reuters) - A narrow majority of Swiss voters look set to back a referendum next month which would place severe limits on immigration to the country, according to an online poll published on Tuesday by free Swiss daily newspaper 20 Minuten.
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Immigration becomes the key issue at polls
Wednesday, 22 October 2014 11:27 IT’S the economy, stupid. That was the crude message once delivered to the American electorate, but surprisingly, the economy may be relegated to second place in this country at next May’s general election.
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Morocco's head of CGEM joins US Initiative for Global Development
Wednesday, 22 October 2014 11:08 New York(MAP) - President of employers' association (CGEM) Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun was appointed, Tuesday in New York, as a member of the board of directors of U.S. NGO "Initiative for Global Development" (IGD).
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Ten myths about migration
Tuesday, 21 October 2014 11:21 Writers from the Guardian, Le Monde, El País, Süddeutsche Zeitung and La Stampa address some common claims about migration and assess whether they are true in their country.
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EU's Barroso warns Britain against 'historic mistake' on immigration
Tuesday, 21 October 2014 10:54 European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday he risked upsetting allies and losing international clout if he pursued an anti-immigration agenda designed to placate domestic voters.
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Belgian Minister apologizes for old racial statements against Moroccans
Monday, 20 October 2014 11:32 Theo Francken, the Belgian Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, apologized for his old racial statements against Moroccans, Algerians and Congolese immigrants.
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Casablanca: King Mohammed VI receives several foreign ambassadors
Saturday, 18 October 2014 12:25 Casablanca - King Mohammed VI received, on Friday in Casablanca Royal Palace, several foreign ambassadors who came to present their credentials as their countries' ambassadors to Morocco. They are:
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Marrakech consensus calls for greater partnership between private and public sector
Friday, 17 October 2014 11:09 MARRAKECH - Over 900 stakeholders from across the African continent, including the Presidents of Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal as well as the Prime Ministers of Morocco and Cape Verde convened in Morocco for the UN's Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) African Development Forum. Participants came from 56 countries of which 37 countries were African.
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Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to Thailand called on the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Friday, 17 October 2014 11:06 Press release: On 6 October 2014, His Excellency Mr. Abdelilah El Housni, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to Thailand paid a courtesy call on His Excellency Mr. Don Pramudvinai, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Morocco in Top Three "Most Friendly Countries".
Wednesday, 15 October 2014 12:09 Just how friendly are Moroccans? A new report, put out earlier this month by the World Economic Forum, has ranked which countries roll out the welcome mat to travelers and which give the cold shoulder. The good news is that Morocco was in the top three.
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Why is there so much hostility to immigrants in the UK?
Tuesday, 14 October 2014 15:23 To explain popular racism we have to stop explaining it away, and look instead at the conditions that make sense of it.
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Shanghai WTCC: Morocco's Mehdi Bennani Scores First Ever Win
Tuesday, 14 October 2014 11:31 Shanghai - Morocco's auto racer Mehdi Bennani scored Sunday his first World Touring Car Championship victory with a flawless drive from reversed-grid pole in race two in Shanghai, China.
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Europe launches operation to track migrants without papers
Tuesday, 14 October 2014 11:28 A crackdown by European countries to track migrants without papers or official documentation got underway Monday amid a surge in refugees from Syria and the Middle East, officials and rights groups said.
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OUZZINE: MOROCCANS’ SAFETY AND HEALTH ABOVE ALL ELSE
Monday, 13 October 2014 10:57 On the sidelines of Morocco submitting an official request to postpone the upcoming African Cup of Nations 2015 due to the increasing Ebola epidemic threat, a request which was initially rejected by the CAF though promising the Moroccan officials to re-examine the case next November, the Moroccan Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Mohammed Ouzzine, told le360 that ”We can not take slightly the risk of the spread of the Ebola epidemic, especially that the World Health Organization (WHO) has rung the alarm bell about the turmoil that the Ebola is causing.”
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Morocco calls for African Nations Cup to be postponed because of Ebola fears
Saturday, 11 October 2014 11:20 Datecco's government wants January's Nations Cup soccer finals in the North African country to be postponed because of fears over the Ebola virus, state news agency MAP reported on Friday.
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Morocco, country where coexistence of religions is reality: Italian newspaper
Thursday, 09 October 2014 17:53 Morocco, faithful to a long-standing tradition of moderation and religious tolerance, is a country where coexistence of religions is a reality, writes the Vatican daily Osservatore Romano.
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Dutch far-right populist Wilders could face racism charges over anti-Moroccan remarks.
Thursday, 09 October 2014 11:40 (Reuters) - Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders has been summoned for questioning by prosecutors over anti-Moroccan remarks he made at campaign rallies in the Netherlands earlier this year, prosecutors said on Thursday.
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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)