Up to 30,000 asylum seekers will be allowed to stay in the Netherlands after the Dutch government announced an amnesty.
The pardon will apply to those who sought asylum in the Netherlands before April 2001, many of whom have been in the country for years appealing against expulsion.
An estimated 25,000 to 30,000 people who arrived in [...]

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Spanish police have arrested 14 suspected Islamist militants, mostly in the north-eastern region of Catalonia.
The suspects were allegedly involved in recruiting jihadi volunteers for training in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The interior ministry believes the majority of those arrested are Moroccan nationals. Police have confiscated a considerable amount of computer data.
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Switzerland’s reputation as a haven of tolerance for immigrants has been undermined in recent weeks by calls for a ban on new minarets, a mysterious synagogue blaze and neo-Nazi threats to disrupt national day celebrations.
Switzerland is known for public order and efficiency. Its neutral status and high living standards, as well as its need for [...]

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France has said it plans to offer incentives to more immigrants - especially those from Africa - to return home voluntarily.
New Immigration Minister Brice Hortefeux said a family with two children would be paid 6,000 euros (£4,068) to return to their country.
In 2005-2006, a similar scheme was taken up by some 3,000 families. [...]

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European businesses caught employing illegal immigrants face jail sentences under new proposals from the European Commission to control immigration.
Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini also wants a five-fold increase in the number of spot checks on companies.
As much as 16% of Europe’s business is done off the books, Mr Frattini says.
It is estimated that [...]

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A Finnish newspaper reports that Rwanda plans to ask Finland to extradite a man living in Finland who is suspected of involvement in the Rwandan genocide in 1994.
“We want those who were guilty of brutal crimes to answer for them before the eyes of the Rwandans as well”, said Jean Bosco Mutanga in [...]

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ROME (Reuters) - Who invented the mafia? Italy’s left-leaning government asked on Wednesday, reminding the opposition that not only foreigners commit crimes and seeking to quell growing pressure to get tough on immigration.
With a bus hijacked by three Albanians on Tuesday, a woman killed on the Rome metro by a Romanian woman using an umbrella, [...]

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Hundreds of African migrants landed on Spain’s Canary Islands on Monday, bringing to at least 800 the number who have landed there since Thursday.
The Spanish Interior Ministry says the immigrants, mostly young men from Gambia, Guinea and Senegal, arrived in five boats.
Last year, more than 30,000 illegal immigrants landed on the islands.
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The British National Party has experienced a dramatic increase in support, and nationally polled about 14% of the vote in last week’s elections, according to Labour Party MP Jon Cruddas, a deputy leadership candidate for that party.
Speaking at a rally in Trafalgar Square, Cruddas said that “the BNP achieved very significant levels of support in [...]

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