European Union to crack down on businesses employing illegal migrants
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14:07 29/05/2007
• Watch This Video Earlier this month, the European Commission published proposals to levy penalties against businesses in the European Union that engage in employing illegal migrants. The Justice...
Number of work permits issued in Russia quadruples
19:49 24/05/2007
Watch This Video The deputy head of Russia's Federal Migration Service, Vyacheslav Postavnin has stated that over 800,000 work permits have been issued to labor migrants in 2007. "In January -...
Spain reaps large benefits from legal and illegal immigration
14:54 18/05/2007
Watch This Video Immigration has played a major role in boosting Spain's growing economy . However, the country still faces problems with illegal immigration along its southern border. According to...
Immigration to Norway increasing
16:14 08/05/2007
Watch This Video Immigration reached record levels last year for the Northern European nation of Norway. In 2006, Statistics Norway (SSB) found that 45,800 immigrants arrived in the country and 22,...
Spanish patrol attacked by illegal migrants leaving Africa
10:19 13/04/2007
Illegal migrants in a small, crowded boat off the coast of Mauritania attacked a Spanish patrol boat on 04 April 2007. The boat, carrying 57 people including two children, was attempting to make its...
Sweden - refugee policies may be potential haven for war criminals
19:42 12/04/2007
Sweden has a history of welcoming immigrants - in sharp contrast to a number of other European Union neighbors such as the Netherlands , Denmark and Germany . However, police in Sweden are becoming...