The Canarian Islands served as the bridge for African immigrants to illegally step into Spain. According to the reports, Spain is painstakingly making its move to catch these illegal immigrants so they may be deported to their places of origin. Records have already shown that there are already 1,000 illegal aliens who fled to Spain.
Apparently, the Africans were brave enough to use boats in fleeing to Spain. The said boats were the ones spotted by coastguards. Now, after merely two weeks, the maritime services alerted their staff in monitoring the Islands. The government admittedly announced that the problem is not easy to handle. There has to be a very intricate procedure that will allow Spain to lawfully disperse the
African immigrants.
Presently, surveillance is being done among other entry points in Spain. Although the reason behind the fleeing of these people from Africa. Some of them came from the
island of Madagascar, Angola, Mauritania, and Sahara. So far, there are 6,000 Africans in Spain, and the government is still undecided as to how must it treat the outsiders. Right now, as initial step, the government is trying to stop other boats from entering into Spain. Also, funds were allotted for the food supply of the African immigrants.
Debates at the US Congress as regards to the comprehensive immigration law reform proposed by President George W. Bush still continue. However, the test vote conducted by the Senate last Wednesday reflected the increasing chances of the bill. A bruising
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Last Thursday, the American Senate favored a comprehensive immigration reform that would open the opportunity for millions of illegal immigrants working in the US to legalize their status in the country. Despite the strong opposition from the Republican
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People await the final result of the ongoing debate on US immigration. It must be noted that any decision arrived would be crucial in determining the fate of many illegal immigrants in the United States. Yet according to the latest reports, the current
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Recently, Frontex, which is EU's border agency, has vowed to give 2.1 million euros in order to assist Spain and Malta in fighting against illegal immigration. The number of illegal immigrants all over Europe has greatly increased during the recent years
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As the US government reforms its immigration laws in order to address immigration issues especially in its south border, several European nations have also joined forces in order to resolve the growing problem of illegal immigration in the continent. Tho
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Anti-illegal immigration protesters in California have now extended their campaigns in the state's busy highways. Last Wednesday, the first of numerous billboards paid for by Grassfire.org were placed up on the Foothill 210 freeway in Durante. According
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It seems that the arrival of more US National Guard troops in the Arizona border has scared away illegal immigrants. For, American and Mexican officials have reported the significant decrease of incidences of illegal crossings. According to the US Borde
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For years, Canada has prided itself on opening wide its doors to asylum-seekers and immigrants. Yet such a tradition has been recently subject to scrutiny after 17 men belonging to immigrant families have been arrested due to an alleged terrorism plot.
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Before visiting the California-Mexico border, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger urged the US Congress last Wednesday to approve the comprehensive immigration reform in order to address the growing problem of illegal immigration. In his official statement, t
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Last Thursday, House Republican leaders set 5 new hearings on the proposed immigration reform with the hope of sending a border security bill to President George Bush before the year ends. Speaker Dennis Haster (Illinois) said that the Congress wanted to
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Europe is about to send a number of boats as well as an aircraft in order to monitor the European coast and the waters off west Africa in order to prevent illegal immigrants from risking their lives just to reach the shores of Europe. It must be noted th
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This year, the call for immigration reform is one of the biggest waves to sweep the US Congress and the rest of the nation. The move to reform the existing US immigration law was initiated months ago by President George W. Bush in a televised speech. So
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