Europe eases Algeria visa rules
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14:50 14/12/2006
French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has announced that visa procedures for Algerians will be speeded up in 15 European countries. Mr Sarkozy, seen as a front-runner for the right-centre party in...
EU to offer aid to Africa to take back migrants
16:34 06/07/2006
The European Union will push African states to take back illegal migrants but also offer economic help, the EU's top immigration official said July 5. "We want readmission agreements. Although we are...
UK judge overturns marriage laws involving immigrants
14:58 11/04/2006
Changes to marriage laws introduced by the UK Home Office have been overturned by Mr Justice Silber, sitting at the High Court in London. The judge declared the rules were incompatible with the...
EU justice ministers to discuss immigration
13:25 12/10/2005
When Europe's justice ministers meet on 12 Oct., one of their topics for discussion will be increased information exchange between EU members states on immigration areas of concern. The European...
Algeria wants EU help in illegal migrant fight
17:32 10/10/2005
Algeria said on 9 Oct. it was stepping up efforts to fight illegal immigration, but that it wants the EU's help in doing so. The country is used as a transit area for illegal migrants en route to...
UK to attempt to reduce the number of asylum seekers
19:50 19/01/2005
UK immigration policies are to get an overhaul to deal with false asylum seekers and terror suspects, the BBC reports. In an interview with The Times newspaper, Britain's Home Secretary Charles...
