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Immigration

Immigration

A Decoy for Gullible Sparrows

Natalia ZUBKOVA, columnist for the newspaper Inostranets, tells how to avoid being fooled by the promises of immigration firms' advertisements.

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About the new law and old migrants

Italian law enforcement does not have exact data on the number of Ukrainian migrant workers in the Apennines: officially, over 50,000 Ukrainian citizens work in Italy, and if counting those…

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Influx of ethnic German resettlers to Germany declined

According to the federal government's Commissioner for Resettler Affairs, Jochen Welt, the influx of late resettlers to Germany continues to decline, Deutsche Welle reports.

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Foreigners save Berlin from demographic catastrophe

Since the reunification of Germany, Berlin's population has been decreasing every year. As Russkaya Germania reports, such data were provided last week by the director of the State Statistical…

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UK sees growing number of refugees

The number of those seeking refugee status in the UK grew by 20% in 2002 and reached 85,865 people (110,000 including family members). According to the BBC, up to nine thousand foreigners each month…

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Changes in Estonian legislation

The Estonian Aliens Act, which came into force in March, in its new version excludes the possibility for a foreigner who has married a permanent resident of Estonia to automatically obtain a…

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Netherlands tightens immigration rules

In the near future, the minimum age for citizens of countries outside the EU who wish to move to the Netherlands to reunite with a partner will be 21 years. Currently, the age threshold is 18 years…

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Illegal Immigrants to Be Sought with Special Devices

In the Belgian North Sea port of Zeebrugge, a new electronic system for detecting illegal immigrants in freight trucks and containers departing by ferry across the English Channel to Great Britain…

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Refugees in Germany may lose their cards

In Germany, certain categories of refugees are no longer required to use plastic cards when shopping.

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Russia tackles human trafficking

Russia intends to outlaw human trafficking, which has led to hundreds of young women going abroad as objects of sexual exploitation.

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States cannot get rid of illegal immigrants

The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) is failing to cope with the flow of illegal immigrants and cannot deport foreigners, among whom there may be terrorists. This is reported by…

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Taliban Veterans Are Served Out of Turn

The humanism of European legislation puts individual countries of the continent in an awkward position. According to Vremya Novostey, the British authorities today are forced to care for those who…

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