EU negotiating simpler visa deals with Western Balkan countries
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10:55 08/12/2006
The European Union has agreed to negotiate agreements with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia making it much easier and cheaper for their nationals to obtain visas to...
EU ministers back plans to curb migration flow from Africa
18:56 07/12/2006
Watch This Video Top European Union officials this week agreed on new plans aimed at boosting the bloc's efforts to keep illegal migrants from poor African countries from entering via the southern...
Holland grants amnesty to more than 30,000 asylum-seekers
16:45 05/12/2006
• Watch This Video Late in the evening of 30 November, more than 30,000 asylum-seekers were granted general amnesty by the recently elected Dutch parliament, according to recent news reports. Seventy...
EU wants migrant job centers in Africa
12:50 05/12/2006
• Watch This Video Job centers should be set up in Africa with "work mobility" packages for would-be immigrants, the European Commission said yesterday, as it unveiled radical plans to try to manage...
Near to election time, Dutch rivals agree on immigration
9:34 20/11/2006
After years of heated public debate on immigration and fears of mounting ethnic tensions all Dutch parties have hardened their stance on immigration and sentiments previously blasted as far right are...
Profile of new EU-27 nation, Bulgaria
11:02 16/11/2006
Bulgaria is a Balkan country with spectacular mountains and a coastline on the Black Sea, which was part of the Ottoman Empire for approximately 500 years. The population was recently 7.8 million,...
