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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Damian Green’s offense seems to center on his relationship with a civil servant who offered himself as a whistle-blower on politically sensitive issues.

geposted in Conservative Party, Whistle-Blowers, Scotland Yard, Great Britain, Immigration and Refugees, London (England), Brown, Gordon, Politics and Government | No Comments »
Thursday, November 27th, 2008
A Greek prosecutor pressed criminal charges against five coast guard members accused of smuggling hundreds of illegal refugees to Italy.

geposted in Human Trafficking, Italy, Immigration and Refugees, Greece | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
A German doctor whose family was twice denied permanent residency in Australia because of his son’s Down syndrome has been allowed to stay.

geposted in Australia, Immigration and Refugees | No Comments »
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
Williamsburg is being transformed by an influx of affluent buyers from Western Europe.

geposted in Gentrification, Williamsburg (NYC), Restaurants, Immigration and Refugees, Families and Family Life | No Comments »
Friday, November 21st, 2008
As the spouse of an American citizen, an immigrant from New Zealand expected little trouble getting a green card, until he was hauled to a detention center and told he was going to be deported.

geposted in Homeland Security Department, Citizenship, Deportation, Visas, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration and Refugees | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
The feared proverbial “Polish plumber” is not a threat to Western European jobs, according to a European Union report released.

geposted in Labor, Immigration and Refugees, Europe, European Union | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
France has rejected a plan to participate in a joint charter flight with Britain to deport to Afghanistan 43 Afghans found without papers near Calais.

geposted in Deportation, Kabul (Afghanistan), Immigration and Refugees, France | No Comments »
Monday, November 17th, 2008
The party elected Cem Ozdemir, the son of Turkish immigrants, to its top political post, the first time any German party has chosen a leader with an ethnic Turkish background.

geposted in Green Party, Ozdemir, Cem, Germany, Immigration and Refugees, Elections, Politics and Government | No Comments »
Saturday, November 15th, 2008
Aid workers began feeding tens of thousands of refugees in eastern Congo, as an envoy appointed by the U.N. started talks to try to avert a wider war.

geposted in Food Aid, Nkunda, Laurent, Obasanjo, Olusegun, Congo (Formerly Zaire), Foreign Aid, Immigration and Refugees, International Relations, United Nations | No Comments »
Friday, November 14th, 2008
While most settlers vow never to abandon the heart of the Jewish homeland, some say they want to move back to within the pre-1967 borders of Israel.

geposted in Jews, West Bank, Immigration and Refugees, Israel, Palestinians, Politics and Government | No Comments »