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African immigration to Europe

Spain takes aim at illegal immigration by offering visas & jobs

16:02 28/06/2007
• Watch This Video Business executives from Spain , with encouragement from the government, are traveling to Senegal to hire workers directly - offering an alternative route to making a dangerous sea...

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...

Spain tops destination list for European Union migrants

10:55 19/02/2007
Spain 's transformation from an impoverished southern European backwater into one of Europe's most vibrant economies is supported by an opinion poll published 19 February showing it is the most...

EU races to address illegal African migration before spring

12:53 15/02/2007
In 2006 there were over 30,000 illegal African migrants who attempted the journey to the Spanish Canary Islands . This was more than a six-fold increase over 2005. Similarly, thousands more attempt...

Spain, France, Italy to make joint migration proposal

13:10 06/09/2006
On 05 September, the prime ministers of Spain and Italy agreed to present a migration proposal, along with France , to an informal European Union (EU) summit set for next month, the Spanish...

African migrants attempt entry into the EU via Mediterranean

11:54 20/06/2006
The dream of jobs in Europe is attracting tens of thousands of Africans each year. With the open-border policy of the European Union and a similar philosophy affecting the European Economic Area,...