Spain delays migrant deportation
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Spain postpones the repatriation of about 100 illegal migrants to Senegal from the Canary Islands.
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Malaysia has called a last-minute delay in a planned huge round-up of illegal immigrants, the majority from neighboring Indonesia just a short boat ride away, newspapers said on Tuesday.
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After more than 250 migrants were intercepted trying to reach the Canary Islands in a 24-hour period, Spain's interior minister said Thursday that more European help is needed to stop the surge in illegal immigrants from Africa.
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European soccer&#39;s ruling body today delayed a plan to force clubs to rear more players from their own countries after the European Union said the proposal may be illegal.
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Efforts to organize Iraqi immigrants to cast absentee ballots in their homeland's elections are beset by delays in planning and logistical obstacles.
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A plan to tighten U.S. borders by requiring passports or tamper-resistant identification cards from everyone entering the country has been delayed.
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The government asked a judge Thursday to delay a hearing in the case of a U.S. citizen captured in Afghanistan in 2001, saying an agreement to set the man free is imminent.
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Spanish authorities rescued more than 200 would-be migrants on Saturday from a decrepit fishing boat found drifting off the Canary Islands, officials said.
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The day before President Bush was to campaign in Arizona and New Mexico, the Homeland Security Department announced it would hasten deportations of illegal immigrants who are not Mexican or Canadian citizens.
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European justice and interior ministers were reluctant to answer Spanish appeals for more aid Thursday to help it and other Mediterranean members of the EU stem the flow of illegal migrants from Africa.
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More than 1,000 illegal  immigrants from Africa land in Spain's Canary Islands so far this weekend.
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Facing a defeat by EU lawmakers Wednesday, European Commission President-designate Jose-Manuel Barroso delayed a vote on his incoming executive team.
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Two brothers who won a last- minute reprieve from deportation will learn within two weeks if they can stay.
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Spain's socialist government has initiated steps during summer to combat two of the greatest political problems facing the country: illegal immigration and the threat from radical Islamist terrorism.
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Spanish authorities rescued more than  200 would-be migrants on Saturday from a decrepit fishing boat  found drifting off the Canary Islands, officials said.
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Ministers from Europe and Africa hold talks on how to halt the influx of illegal African migrants to Europe.
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Spain has called off the two-day search for some 50 African migrants whose crowded boat capsized in rough seas off the Canary Islands, officials said Saturday.