Mr Berlusconi, whose comments in support of Mr Sarkozy follow his stated opposition to a multi-ethnic Italy. Italy’s conservative premier Silvio Berlusconi has given his full support to France’s controversial decision to forcibly repatriate thousands of Roma people to Eastern Europe. And in an interview with the French newspaper Le Figaro, he appeared keen to exploit the row by calling... 

Global humanitarian reasons for current U.S. immigration are tested in this updated version of Roy Beck’s colorful presentation of data from the World Bank and U.S. Census Bureau. The 1996 version has been one of the most viewed policy presentations on the internet. Presented by author/journalist Roy Beck You can learn more at: http://www.NumbersUSA.org  Read More »

The University of Victoria’s Zheng Wu is leading an important study into one of the most profound challenges facing Canada, which has the highest per-capita immigration in the world. How can waves of newcomers to Canada feel they belong here? That question, explored by Wu and his sociological team, is particularly crucial to cities such as Vancouver and Toronto, where about two out of five residents... 

The national battle over the government’s inability to stem the tide of illegal immigrants got personal Friday in a federal courtroom. U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth Marra bristled at the suggestion that the government’s time would be better spent keeping illegal immigrants from entering the country than prosecuting a suburban West Palm Beach man for hiring them. Business people such... 

National numbers down due to job shortage. A new report says Illinois’ illegal immigrant population has remained stable in the midst of the recession. The land of Lincoln bucks the national trend, which shows illegal immigrants declining over the last two years as jobs dwindled, according to a study released Wednesday by the Pew Hispanic Center. Illinois ranked No. 5 with an estimated 525,000... 

The Bundesbank said it will ask German President Christian Wulff to dismiss board member Thilo Sarrazin after his remarks about Muslim immigrants and Jews damaged the central bank’s reputation. The board decided unanimously to apply to the President for Sarrazin’s dismissal, the Frankfurt-based Bundesbank said in an e-mailed statement today. It stripped Sarrazin of his responsibilities at the... 

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer demanded Friday that a reference to the state’s controversial immigration law be removed from a State Department report to the United Nations’ human rights commissioner. The U.S. included its legal challenge to the law on a list of ways the federal government is protecting human rights. In a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Brewer says it is “downright... 

Federal officials announced Friday they had arrested 370 immigrants who were in the U.S. illegally or convicted of other crimes as part of a three-day roundup in the Midwest. Arrests were made in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Kansas, Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota and Nebraska, officials said. Those arrested were legal immigrants with convictions that made them eligible for deportation,... 

“We’re under siege,” said rancher Ed Ashurst as he pointed to where he had tracked the killer of his friend and neighbor to the U.S.-Mexico border. “Five years ago, we didn’t even bother to lock our doors. Now my wife and I carry firearms everywhere we go.” John Ladd is a fifth-generation cattle rancher in southern Cochise County, Ariz. The southern boundary of... 

Click on the image to enlarge it Six years after his brother was beheaded by Iraqi insurgents, Riyad is still haunted by the memory of identifying the disfigured body and watching the mutilation on a video distributed by the killers. Yet Riyad now has fresh worries to contend with: the threat of deportation from Sweden, which recently rejected his application for asylum. “They murdered my brother... 

A beggar on the streets of Venice. The Italian remarks come hot on the heels of Roma expulsions in France. Italy has said it intends to expel citizens from other EU states if they are not able to support themselves, in a move apparently inspired by France’s current crackdown on Roma. Interior Minister Roberto Maroni told daily newspaper Corriere della Sera on Saturday (21 August) that French... 

Governor Jan Brewer signing the SB 1070 anti-illegal immigration law during a press conference in Phoenix Arizona. Twenty-two states are now in the process of drafting or seeking to pass legislation similar to Arizona’s law against illegal immigration. This is occurring despite the fact that the Obama administration has filed a lawsuit against the Arizona law and a federal judge has ruled against... 

French authorities have said the majority are returning on a voluntary basis But as the 124 people landed in Timisoara, in their native Romania, many said they planned to head straight back to France. “Of course I’m thinking about returning to France. Life is better than in Romania,” said 26-year-old Ionut Balasz as he arrived in Romania. Aurel Cioaba echoed his sentiment: “I... 

Utah State Representative Stephen Sandstrom has introduced an immigration bill which in some ways may be tougher than Arizona’s embroiled S.B. 1070, yet omits the “onerous” and “punitive” aspects of the bill. Rep. Sandstrom said he might be willing to bend on some minor points of the bill to improve its chance of passage, but will not compromise on allowing police to question individuals... 

The MV Sun Sea before it was reneamed. marinetraffic.com/ The Globe and Mail About 200 migrants expected to be detained as MV Sun Sea nears B.C. shores Two provincial jails east of Vancouver are preparing for an influx this week of 200 new residents: Tamil migrants aboard a ship that is expected to arrive in British Columbia. That disclosure from a spokesman for the District of Maple Ridge Tuesday...