EU launches marine border squad
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13:54 07/08/2006
An EU rapid reaction team of border guards set up to deal with illegal immigration has begun work in Italy . Three officials from the EU's Frontex border agency arrived on the remote Mediterranean...
EU to invest in development of Africa to slow immigration
12:23 18/07/2006
In the past months there has been a surge of illegal immigrants attempting to leave Africa and enter the EU . While the problem has been on-going for several years, as the EEA begins to heat up and...
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...
Would be migrants flock to Europe by sea
17:04 31/05/2006
European countries far removed from Spain's immigration crisis in the Canary Islands have pledged to send planes and patrol boats to help stem the flood of destitute Africans seeking a better life...
Canadian Embassy in Conakry, Guinea closes
17:31 27/09/2005
The visa office of the Canadian Embassy in Conakry, Guinea, West Africa, will be closed to the public as of September 22, 2005. After this date, people in need of temporary resident visas will have...
France to change its immigration system
12:37 12/07/2005
French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday announced the creation of an interministerial committee tasked with re-evaluating the country's immigration needs and its visa procedures. The...
