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Top law enforcement officials of the European Union announced this week efforts to give police across the EU access to national databases containing fingerprints, DNA samples, other biometric data and license plate information.
As a result of a recent crackdown on illegal immigration into Russia, some tough new laws are coming into effect that will limit the percentage of foreign-born workers who may take jobs in some areas.
The number of non-Russians working in the retail trade is now being limited to 40% and, by 2008, that number is supposed to be zero.
The new law was proposed after race riots in northern Russia last summer. In the aftermath of the riots, President Vladimir Putin spoke of the need to defend the interests of the native population.
On Friday last week, the Canadian government unveiled a CND$432 million (USD$362 million) program to increase border control and security along the border with the United States. This was immediately after plans by the U.S. were revealed to have unmanned spy planes patrolling the border and only about one week before passports become mandatory for U.S. residents to cross the border by plane.
Migrants coming to Australia will be required to take a citizenship test when applying to live in the country. A staple for preparing for this test is a booklet titled 'A Guide to Australian Life', based on a similar UK booklet.
It has become impossible to find a good plumber in Lithuania these days. Lured away by higher wages in Western European countries after their nation's accession to the EU-25 in 2004, service industry workers in Lithuania have become a rarity.
People complain of long waits for taxis, unrepaired flats and long lines at grocery stores.
Lithuania is a small country with a low birth rate and a rapidly ageing population. It also must cope with high levels or alcoholism and suicide. Over 400,000 people have migrated to the West from the small nation of nearly 3.6 million.
Second-generation Canadians born outside of the country may unknowingly lose their citizenship due to a previously unenforced immigration law requiring them to re-register by a certain date.