Author: Equipe de rédaction

After President Obama in November announced plans to shelter millions of people from the threat of deportation, immigration officials wasted no time in carrying them out.

Immigration authorities said Monday that they arrested 2,059 foreigners who were convicted criminals during a five-day nationwide operation in early March, including more than 1,000 people who had committed felonies, among them 58 gang members and 89 sex offenders.

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond believes that European countries will help to curb the number of immigrants who come to Britain.

Eight suspected illegal immigrants have been released on bail after they were allegedly found banging against the walls of a trailer.

In an interview with the Arabic daily “Al Massae”, the Secretary General of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), Mr. Abdellah Boussouf, said that the political participation of the Moroccans of the world is in the hands of the legislative and executive organs refuting criticism addressed to the CCME on this matter.

On March 12th and 13th, LaGuardia Performing Arts Center will host the inaugural Berber Film Festival, a two-day event celebrating the Amazigh (Berber and Tuareg) cultures of North Africa. Selection for shorts, documentaries and feature with English subtitles. Films followed by Q&A sessions.

This exhibition traces back the realities of women who came to settle in France from the early twentieth century to the present. A selection of archival documents can show the issues raised by immigration in France and the contributions of women to advance equality and living together.

Voluntary evacuation of Moroccan nationals fleeing the violence in Libya continues with the support of the monitoring unit set up by the Moroccan authorities and was able to evacuate a total of 5730 Moroccans until March, 5th.

Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected proposals on Sunday to boost gold reserves and impose strict new curbs on immigration, averting a potential nightmare for policymakers struggling with a popular backlash against the country’s open borders.

Top immigration officials said Monday that the U.S. rounded up about 2,000 people who had been convicted of crimes and are living in the country illegally, an announcement made in part to show that agents are still aggressive about enforcement at a time of declining deportations.