40 Percent Rise This Year in Global Immigration to Israel, Report Shows
Tuesday, 05 May 2015 13:53 A new report shows that Jewish immigration to Israel from around the world rose more than 40 percent in the first three months of 2015, the UK’s Guardian reported on Sunday.
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Scholar's new book explores fierce debates over immigration
Tuesday, 05 May 2015 13:52 Immigration policy has been among the most rancorous of U.S. political issues in recent years. What has been fueling America's contentious debates over the topic?
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Hungary needs legislation to curb immigration, PM Orban says
Tuesday, 05 May 2015 13:52 Hungary needs legislation to keep out a wave of immigrants from poor countries, even if it would run counter to existing European Union rules, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said.
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EU's Juncker calls for legal immigration to curb tragedies
Thursday, 30 April 2015 11:34 European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday urged EU nations to increase legal immigration in a bid to avoid more migrant deaths in the Mediterranean. Juncker's comments angered his own centre-right party in the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, France, where he made the comments.
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India offers gratis visas for stranded tourists in Nepal
Thursday, 30 April 2015 11:25 THE Bureau of Immigration in India is providing gratis visas for all tourists stranded in Nepal after Saturday's earthquake that caused widespread damage and over 4,000 deaths.
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Protests break out after immigration officer kills Detroit man
Thursday, 30 April 2015 11:24 DETROIT — At about 1 p.m. on the afternoon of April 27, a group of local and federal law enforcement officers arrived at Kevin Kellom’s home, a two-story house with beige siding on the outskirts of northwest Detroit.
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Australian’s Welcome Immigrants but want them to speak English, Poll Shows
Thursday, 30 April 2015 11:24 If you move to Australia from a non English speaking country you will be widely welcomed but also find that the majority of Australians expect you to speak in the language, a new poll suggests.
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Ministers seek Asia-Europe cooperation on skills gap
Thursday, 30 April 2015 11:23 Collaboration between universities in Europe and Asia can help improve quality of education, student mobility and ultimately the employability of graduates, a conference of Asian and European higher education ministers held in Riga, Latvia heard this week.
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Expert: Up to 400K children born to illegal immigrants in U.S. annually, one in 10 births
Thursday, 30 April 2015 11:23 Approximately 350,000 to 400,000 children are born to illegal immigrants in the U.S. each year. Due to current policy, all automatically become U.S. citizens, Center for Immigration Studies legal policy analyst Jon Feere testified before a House panel Wednesday.
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Population growing in West, declining in Asia: Experts
Thursday, 30 April 2015 11:23 The oft-repeated claim by leaders from Asia that declining population in western countries would pose a challenge in the near future has been challenged by experts at Oxford who argue that the western population is in fact growing. Surprisingly, it is declining in south India, they said.
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As refugees set to arrive for resettling, Cambodians keep leaving
Thursday, 30 April 2015 11:23 Tens of thousands of Cambodians are paying to be smuggled into other south-east Asian countries to work illegally, as Australia prepares to send refugees to their country from Nauru.
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Immigrants slow population decline in Germany
Wednesday, 29 April 2015 12:26 Germany's population will shrink more slowly than expected over the next 45 years thanks to high levels of immigration, the country's statistics office said on Tuesday.
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Australians overwhelmingly support immigration, but not 'illegals'
Wednesday, 29 April 2015 12:25 A new poll shows Australians strongly support immigration, with nearly nine in 10 people thinking immigrants improve Australian society.
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Immigration 'drives two thirds of new households' in Britain
Wednesday, 29 April 2015 12:23 Report by MigrationWatch UK says official data reveals the majority of new households created since 1997 have a foreign-born figurehead
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Immigration: The only time the GOP cares about the working class
Wednesday, 29 April 2015 12:18 Last Monday, Scott Walker, Wisconsin's Republican governor and a presumed GOP presidential hopeful, kicked the hornets' nest that is the immigration debate.
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European Countries Least Welcoming To Immigrants
Wednesday, 29 April 2015 12:18 Some European Countries, like Greece and Italy, are less receptive to immigrants
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Hungary’s Orban Wants Army to Block Immigration into Europe
Wednesday, 29 April 2015 12:18 The European Union should protect its borders against immigration using military force because it doesn’t need new migrants, Hungary’s prime minister said the day after EU leaders agreed to increase funding to keep migrants from dying while trying to cross the Mediterranean.
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Asia's people smugglers exploit rising migration, raise trafficking fears - UN
Wednesday, 29 April 2015 12:17 Human smuggling networks are exploiting rising migration within Asia, leaving growing numbers of migrants at risk of being trafficked and abused, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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How Boston Became a Hub of Armenian Immigration
Wednesday, 29 April 2015 12:17 Friday marks the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire. The day has particular resonance in the Greater Boston area, a haven for Armenian immigrants for the past century. How did Boston — or more specifically, Watertown — become a magnet for Armenians?
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Italian Towns Push Back on Growing Burden of Europe’s Migrant Crisis
Wednesday, 29 April 2015 12:17 The Italian government is locked in a battle with local towns and regions that are resisting—and even ignoring—demands from Rome to resettle the surging number of migrants in their areas.
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- The Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) publishes a new report on the social and economic status of Moroccans in the Netherlands.
- France, Morocco Hold Unprecedented Meeting in Paris to Improve Migration Procedures
- Mr. Driss el Yazami on “decentralised cooperation in the history of Moroccan migration” at the Eugène Delacroix Circle
- Rabat: Chafina Bendahman, A Voice for Cultural Diversity
- The CCME supports “Les 1001 jours du Hajj Edmond” by Simone Bitton