Dutch PM seeks to avert new immigration crisis
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AMSTERDAM - The Dutch prime minister announced a partial freeze on the deportation of asylum seekers and the replacement of his controversial immigration minister on Thursday, hoping to avert a political crisis ...Comment
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Belgium's caretaker prime minister said on Wednesday he would form a five-party, interim coalition government, providing a temporary solution to a political crisis more than six months after elections.
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Outgoing Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt has reached an agreement on forming an interim government, as the country lumbers through a protracted political crisis six months after an election, his spokesman said Tuesday.
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More powers over immigration are to be called for by the first minister at this week's Labour Party conference.
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Several leading Dutch politicians seen as critical of Islam have been threatened with death since the murder of a filmmaker, as the Dutch Government announced a crackdown on Islamic extremists.
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The European Union needs to develop a common policy to deal with illegal immigration, British European Affairs Minister Geoff Hoon said during a visit to Portugal.
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The government has accelerated plans to let spies share information with immigration officials, a week after a foreign doctor was arrested in connection with the failed British terror attacks, the prime minister said Sunday.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is aiming to make cooperation with Libya a model for Europe's efforts to stem a tide of illegal immigration from Africa, but further talks are still needed between Tripoli, Rome and the EU to resolve the crisis.
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Messages reminding people not to overstay their visas are part of a government drive to clamp down on immigration.
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The Dutch government yesterday moved to reverse a long tradition as Europe&#39;s most liberal haven for immigrants by signalling tougher treatment of foreigners and Muslims and greater powers for the security services, in response to the Netherlands&#39; worst
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Queen Beatrix began discussions Friday with the leaders of the 10 parties that won sets in the new parliament, elections that could lead to an easing of the Netherlands' tough immigration policy.Comment
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The Netherlands began what is likely to be a long period of political uncertainty and economic inertia on Thursday after the Christian Democrats kept power in an election but failed to win a majority in parliament.
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AMSTERDAM -- Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende visited a Turkish mosque in the city of Eindhoven yesterday in a show of solidarity after a wave of attacks on Muslim buildings in the Netherlands.
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THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS -- The government vowed tough measures yesterday against what a leading politician called &quot;the arrival of jihad in the Netherlands&quot; after a death threat to a Dutch politician was found pinned with a knife to the body of a slain
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Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt sought to calm a row with the Democratic Republic of Congo Friday, voicing encouragement for the ex-colony's political transition in a call to President Joseph Kabila.
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Dutch voters picked a new parliament Wednesday in an election that could determine whether the country's tight immigration rules get even tougher or follow what the opposition calls a more humane path.
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The European Union&#39;s (EU) Dutch Term President, Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkanende, has called on relevant parties in the Cyprus issue to restart negotiations.