Dutch PM: EU must integrate immigrants better
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Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende urged the European Union to work harder on integrating ethnic minorities into European society, citing mounting tensions and a spate of reprisal attacks in his country following a murder allegedly committed by a
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The leader of Southeast Asia&#39;s biggest country, Indonesia, on Friday urged economic ministers from the region to put aside their differences and work toward economic integration akin to the European Union&#39;s.
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Australian PM John Howard says immigrants should pass an English language test before becoming citizens.
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The European Commission says it will do more to help EU member states handle large flows of migrants.
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Immigrants should carry out community work before being granted UK citizenship, Gordon Brown says.
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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.
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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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Prime Minister Tony Blair stoked a simmering debate over religious tolerance and cultural assimilation on Friday, saying it was the duty of all immigrants to integrate into British society.
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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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New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said that the European Commissions proposal to bestow &#39;&#39;strategic partnership&#39;&#39; to India will be formalised at the coming India-European Union Summit hosted by the Netherlands Prime Minister Jan Belkende.
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THE HAGUE -- An influential Dutch advisory body said yesterday that Islam was not a bar to membership in the European Union and recommended the organization open talks with Turkey, while insisting Ankara do more to meet EU human rights standards.
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The prime minister says concerns about immigration abuses are justifiable and the system is to be toughened up.
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Dutch prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency, has officially asked European Commission president Romano Prodi to stay in office until a new Commission is voted in.
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Britain should celebrate its multicultural society while balancing it with a duty to integrate, Tony Blair is to say.
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The Dutch foreign minister said Sunday that improved security in Iraq has opened the way for the European Union to discuss stepped up reconstruction efforts &#151; even as his Iraqi counterpart conceded that security here remains precarious.
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British Pakistanis should integrate more into UK society, Pakistan's high commissioner to Britain says.
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Morocco's King Mohammed calls on the EU to help his country tackle the problem of illegal migration to Europe.