Spain launches immigrant amnesty
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Spain launches a process of granting legal amnesty to up to 800,000 undocumented immigrants.
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9 -- Only 200 people turned out Saturday for a rally demanding amnesty for 11 million illegal immigrants, the latest sign of pro-immigrant groups' struggle to regain momentum after hundreds of thousands marched for the cause in the spring.
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Spain launched a major drive to grant legal status to an estimated half a million clandestine immigrants working in the country, but critics said the most vulnerable will not benefit from the scheme.
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Spain's prime minister outlined on Sunday his government's program to resolve troubles in the Basque region during his first visit there since the armed separatist group ETA shattered a cease-fire in December.Comment
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European nations, juggling the need to fight unemployment, fill a dearth of skilled labour and combat illegal immigration and labour, are one-by-one adopting legislation aimed at handpicking the immigrants they need.
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Dutch MPs agree to grant some 30,000 illegal immigrants an amnesty, in a sharp policy reversal.
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Spain's prime minister is due to hold talks in Senegal which are expected to centre on the issue of illegal immigration.
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MADRID, Dec 22 (IPS) - Europe's first law specifically cracking down  on  gender-based violence was unanimously passed Wednesday in  Spain, and  received a hearty welcome from activists, although it  did not escape  criticism from the right.
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European Union officials on Thursday launched the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights &#151; the 27-nation bloc's latest effort to stamp out intolerance as it struggles to absorb an unprecedented crush of immigrants.
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The EU is presenting a 'blue card' that would aim to attract skilled workers to Europe and regulate immigration.
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Security forces captured more than 200 Africans trying to reach Spanish shores in small boats Wednesday, as a government official denied that a new plan to give residency papers to many illegal immigrants was ...
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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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Spain is poised to offer hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants a fresh start thanks to a partial amnesty, at the same time allowing officials to keep better tabs on its foreigners after the March 11 bombings.
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Spain Socialist government on Thursday took the expected step on Thursday of approving a draft law creating same-sex "marriage" and giving homosexuals the right to adopt children.
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A new law that imposes jail sentences on anyone inciting doping in sports came into force in Spain on Friday
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Spain is handing out cans of a high-energy "referendum drink" in a bid to fire-up younger people to vote in a February poll on the European Constitution.
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Spain and Germany signed an agreement Monday to exchange lists of suspected terrorists.