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...
US immigration faces crisis
10:45 26/08/2005
Within the last week, two US states along the border with Mexico - Arizona and New Mexico - have declared states of emergency due to soaring violence and human and drug smuggling connected to illegal...
For many in the US, the green card wait is long
10:04 25/07/2005
A special feature from the Washington Post. Hundreds of thousands of immigrant workers are trying to stay in the United States . The wait is often long. The backlog of foreign workers seeking green...
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'...
Group wants to help young illegal immigrants in the US
19:34 18/07/2005
Supporters of a proposed law that would benefit people who arrived in the United States illegally as children said 17 July that it would help more immigrants go on to get college degrees and...
EU countries agree on illegal immigration issues
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...
