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Immigration

Immigration

Switzerland Recounts Foreigners

Switzerland is among the countries with the highest proportion of foreigners living in the country (24.3% as of 2014). Few countries in the world can compare with Switzerland in this regard. In…

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Settled in the Alps

Switzerland's population has surpassed the 8-million mark, while the number of foreigners who have settled in its territory has been slowly approaching two million in recent years. At the same time…

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Ukrainians Legalize Their Stay in Poland

The number of foreigners receiving residence permits and permanently settling in Poland is growing. In confirmation of this fact, Polskie Radio cites a publication from the local newspaper Dziennik…

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Alps hit by wave of migrants

In 2015, 39,500 people applied for asylum in Switzerland. According to NashaGazeta.ch, the number of applications increased by 66.3% compared to the previous year. The growth observed in the autumn…

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"Today's repatriates are much better prepared"

Jews of which country are most actively emigrating to Israel, what is the share of refugees arriving from Ukraine, and why repatriation from Moscow has increased 2.5 times – in an interview with the…

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German portrait of a refugee

In 2015, a record number of migrants arrived in Germany. Officially, more than one million asylum seekers were registered in the Federal Republic of Germany. About who these people are, where they…

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Poland tackles repatriation

The Polish government has prepared a draft of a new law on repatriation, which after years of delays will allow solving the issue of the return to the country of persons of Polish origin from the…

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Refugees ignore France

Last year, according to UN estimates, at least one million migrants moved to Europe, but few of them went to France. While the number of asylum seekers in Germany in 2015 is approaching one million…

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Czech Republic tightens language requirements

The Czech Ministries of Interior and Education have proposed tightening the requirements for Czech language exams, which are mandatory for foreigners applying for permanent residence in the Czech…

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France Counts Its Migrants

France's Interior Ministry published migration statistics for 2015, confirming major trends of recent years except for a 20% increase in refugee numbers. The number of foreigners who received…

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Europeans Move to the Czech Republic

An increasing number of Europeans are moving to the Czech Republic for permanent residence. At the same time, the flow of migrants from non-EU countries has been decreasing in recent years. These…

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In Pursuit of Citizenship

In 2015, the number of naturalizations in Switzerland increased significantly. According to 'Nasha Gazety.ch', last year about 38,000 people could receive the passport with a white cross (exact data…

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