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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...

UK Home Office stands by visa and immigration changes

15:46 16/02/2007
• Watch This Video The British government has defended changes to its immigration and visa rules for Indians and other non-European nationals, even as Indian doctors lodged a legal appeal against a...

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...

Germany's professionals look for greener pastures abroad

17:40 12/02/2007
• Watch This Video Benedikt Thoma recalls the moment he began to think seriously about leaving Germany . It was in 2004, at a New Year's Day reception in nearby Frankfurt, and the guest speaker, a...

Plenty of Czech nurses work abroad

13:04 12/02/2007
• Watch This Video The Health Ministry estimates there are some 1,000 Czech nurses currently working abroad, but Prague needs more nurses, and healthcare workers in Moravia find it increasingly...

EU to set up job centers for Africans

12:31 09/02/2007
Louis Michel, the European Union 's development commissioner, is in the western African nation of Mali for talks with Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure on setting up job centers for African...

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