EU countries agree on illegal immigration issues
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11:10 06/07/2005
Ministers from five European Union countries agreed on 5 July to collaborate on repatriating illegal immigrants, according to French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy. "All together, the European...
Europe's five largest countries discuss illegal immigration
15:29 04/07/2005
Europe's five biggest economies are discussing plans for stopping illegal immigration, including fingerprinting of visa applicants and tougher screening at airports. Nicolas Sarkozy, France's...
France will not accept Spain's newly-legalized immigrants
16:42 16/05/2005
The French government has banned several hundred thousand foreigners who benefited from an immigration amnesty in Spain from working in France. It was reported that many of those people who were...
US to require machine readable passports from June
11:50 13/05/2005
Foreign visitors from 27 countries will have to present machine-readable passports at US borders as of June 26 to enter the United States without a visa, officials said. Travelers from the so-called...
France joins EU-wide trend of trying to reduce illegal immigration
12:56 12/05/2005
France , which says it has between 200,000 and 400,000 illegal immigrants, on May 11 announced tough new measures to end the flow of illegal immigrants. These measures include rules to stop arranged...
Spain grants 700,000 illegal immigrants legal status
14:29 10/05/2005
Spain has granted amnesty to 700,000 illegal immigrants, the Guardian reports. The Spanish Government hopes this will help to end exploitation of those working secretly in the black economy. Illegal...
