Record number of illegal immigrants die in US heat
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11:46 02/09/2005
Record numbers of illegal immigrants who cross into the US from Mexico have died in the heat of the Arizona desert in the past year. At least 229 immigrants are known to have died since 1 October...
New York must pay same benefits to immigrants as to citizens: court
11:33 22/08/2005
A New York state judge ruled on 18 Aug., that New York state must pay the same benefits to legal immigrants as it does to US citizens, even though the US federal government has stopped paying its...
Austria gets tough on illegal immigrants
15:13 20/07/2005
A new proposed Austrian law lets police detain immigrants while their asylum applications are being reviewed. Parliament's lower house passed the so-called Foreigners' Rights Bill on July 7. Austria'...
More illegal immigrants than legal in the US: study
14:46 17/06/2005
A study released on 14 June by the Pew Hispanic Forum shows that for the last 10 years, the arrival of illegal migrants to the US has been far greater than legal immigrants. The study that most...
US' illegal immigration border patrols may increase
13:17 30/05/2005
The month-long patrols that monitored illegal immigration in Arizona may soon pop up elsewhere in the US. The organizer of the Minuteman Project -- where nearly 900 volunteers, some of them armed,...
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...
