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A parliamentary inquiry conducted by a House of Lords committee reveals that the ten years of record immigration to Britain have yielded minimal economic benefits for the country. Due to report next Tuesday, the committee challenges government assertions that foreign workers contribute £6 billion annually to the nation’s wealth. Instead, it questions the supposed benefits against the increased... 

Pretoria – A former police officer, who is the father of two small children, was found dead in his bedroom on a smallholding in Kameeldrift in northern Pretoria, after he had been shot seven times by robbers. “Seven times. Why seven times?” asked a devastated Ilze van Greunen, 34, about the death of her husband, Marius, 38. According to her, the children had stayed calm when they... 

In the second serious incident of its kind this year, a large multiple apartment house accommodating mostly Turkish families (in addition to Norwegians, Albanians, Serbians, Iraqis and a German) was targeted by mystery arsonists, exciting the mainstream media to point the finger at “neo-Nazis”. It happened in the town of Backnang, Baden-Württemberg, at 4.30 a.m. on Saturday, March 29.... 

Suburban multicultural hubs are on the rise, with overseas-born residents accounting for more than 50 per cent of the population in some suburbs. An analysis of Census statistics by RP Data research director Tim Lawless has found Robertson, in Brisbane’s south, is home to the highest proportion of overseas-born residents, with migrants comprising 58 per cent of its population. Mr Lawless said... 

In his most outspoken attack to date on the former colonial power and the United States, Mugabe said they were responsible for the chronic problems which are now afflicting the health service in a country where even bandages and painkillers are scarce and where from where most doctors have emigrated. As one of his two challengers said the country needed a period of healing and reconciliation, Mugabe... 

  “Fitna,” the long awaited movie from Dutch politician Geert Wilders, opens with a quote from the Quran/Koran, surah 8:60, in English with the Arabic on the right side. Here I will be reproducing the pertinent surahs with additional verses at times from a different translation (where noted) that is somewhat more comprehensible to both native and non-native speakers of English. I... 

For overseas students, a U.S. college education has suddenly gotten much cheaper and many more are applying to study here. University of Washington officials say the number of foreigners applying to be freshmen this fall is up a whopping 40 percent.And the UW is not alone: Foreign applications are up 32 percent at Washington State University. Across the 10-campus University of California system, foreign... 

The majority of the Dutch are negative on Islam and immigration. Additionally, their knowledge of Dutch history is meagre, according to a survey by three history professors.According to 56 percent of the Dutch, Islam is a threat to the Dutch identity. As well, 57 percent named admitting large groups of immigrants as “the biggest mistake in Dutch history”. The results come from the History... 

Who says black people can’t be racist? Here is a perfect example of one of the most prejudiced men ever. At least Hitler didn’t held public speeches where he preached to his people to “kill ’em all, kill their babies, kill their women, kill ’em all”. This is the solution of a black man to fix “white people’s racism”. Ok, he is nuts and there are... 

Olivier Servaix, sociologist at Université catholique de Louvain, said in an interview to La Libre Belgique last week that Brussels would have a Muslim majority in 15-20 years, due to the community’s high birth-rate. Since 2001, Mohammed is the most popular name for new-born boys. Mahfoud Romdhani, a local parliamentarian, says that this projection should be taken carefully, since not all... 

As the United Nations begins to gear up for another world conference in 2009 to review the outcomes from its discredited 2001 World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, governments and NGOs have a responsibility to say “not again.” Not again to virulent anti-Semitism, not again to vile demonizing and delegitimizing of Israel, not again to... 

Overthrowing Saddam Hussein was “the right decision”, US President George W Bush said in a speech to mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. He said the world was a safer place because the US had acted. Mr Bush spoke as anti-war protests were held in several US cities amid mounting opposition to the war and its costs. Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama said... 

The Department of Homeland Security, continuing to enforce what it calls a “strict policy of arresting, prosecuting and jailing” illegal immigrants, deported a record number of those caught on the nation’s borders last year — more than 280,000 in fiscal year 2007 compared to 186,000 a year earlier. It was the largest number of illegals ever removed from the country in a single... 

President George W. Bush authorized Wednesday supplying Kosovo with weapons, signaling the establishment of government-to-government relations after recognizing its independence, the White House said.In a memo to the State Department made public by the White House, Bush said: “I hereby find that the furnishing of defense articles and defense services to Kosovo will strengthen the security of...