Netherlands - Dutch parliament in crisis over immigration policy
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12:17 14/12/2006
The Dutch parliament was holding crisis talks on 13 December after MPs passed a motion condemning its caretaker Immigration Minister for refusing to halt deportations of rejected asylum seekers until...
Holland grants amnesty to more than 30,000 asylum-seekers
16:45 05/12/2006
• Watch This Video Late in the evening of 30 November, more than 30,000 asylum-seekers were granted general amnesty by the recently elected Dutch parliament, according to recent news reports. Seventy...
Near to election time, Dutch rivals agree on immigration
9:34 20/11/2006
After years of heated public debate on immigration and fears of mounting ethnic tensions all Dutch parties have hardened their stance on immigration and sentiments previously blasted as far right are...
Turkish politician discusses German immigration challenges
11:56 24/11/2005
In an exclusive guest editorial for Expatica , MEP Cem Oezdemir, who was the first German of Turkish descent elected to the Bundestag, looks at the challenges Germany's new government will face...
Immigration to become an issue in Germany's next election
18:30 07/07/2005
A recent opinion piece reported in the Toronto Star , asserts that Germany's Christian Democrats want to make immigration an election issue and Schroeder should oblige. With the lowest birthrate in...
Netherlands - Dual Nationality Opposed by Government
14:07 29/01/2004
One of the majority parties in coalition, the Christian Democrats, haverecently proposed taking away the rights of immigrants to hold twopassports, citing the claim that this simply hinders the...
