Protests against illegal workers take place in US
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10:52 09/01/2006
Most days, contractors and landscapers in Danbury, Connecticut, USA , can be seen at Kennedy Park hiring men and women who go there hoping to find work as day laborers. On Saturday, the gathering of...
Immigrants rush to New Orleans as builders fight for workers
17:00 11/10/2005
In New Orleans, in the US , which is starting the long task of cleaning up after hurricane Katrina, the signs are handwritten and simply worded, such as "Workers Wanted" or "Need 50 Laborers Now!"...
Second fire in Paris kills more African immigrants
10:01 30/08/2005
Seven people have died in a fire in a building housing African immigrants in Paris, officials say, four days after a similar fire killed 17 people. Last week's deadly fire - also in a building used...
Paris fire shows poor immigrant living conditions
14:54 29/08/2005
From the street, the apartment building where Alaye Ba lives with his wife and four children has typical Paris charm: a neat white facade, wooden shutters, lace curtains and a ground-floor cafe. "I...
Immigrant son becomes mayor of major UK city
10:02 07/06/2005
Mohammed Afzal Khan, who arrived in the UK in the 1970's as a bewildered 12-year-old who spoke no English, has become the first Asian lord mayor of the British city of Manchester. Twenty percent of...
Undercover reporter finds US IDs for sale to illegal immigrants
17:32 21/04/2005
The United States is currently undergoing the largest wave of immigration in over a century, reports CBS news on April 20. But what makes this wave like no other is that so much of it is illegal...
