French deputies pass bill tightening rules for immigrants
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The French National Assembly early Thursday adopted a government bill tightening the rules for immigrants wanting to join their families in France and giving the nod to DNA tests to prove family ties.
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Swiss voters ratified new asylum and immigration laws Sunday making it more difficult for refugees to receive assistance and effectively blocking non-European unskilled workers from entering the country.
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Conservatives are expected to win a commanding majority in legislative elections, giving the new President a free hand to transform France
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Proponents of a broad immigration measure narrowly beat back potentially fatal challenges Thursday, including an effort to phase out the temporary worker program
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The US Senate approves the building of a fence along the Mexican border designed to keep out illegal migrants.
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French lawmakers approved an energy bill that paves the way for privatisation of the state-owned gas group GDF and its merger with the private French company Suez.
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France plans to offer financial incentives to more immigrants, especially from Africa, to return home voluntarily.
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Proposals in France to tighten entry conditions for immigrants' relatives are to be debated by MPs.
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The conservative French President reaches across party lines in filling a key foreign-affairs post
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Conservatives are expected to win a commanding majority in legislative elections, giving the new president a free hand to transform France
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PARIS, June 10 -- French voters reinforced President Nicolas Sarkozy's mandate for major reform of the nation's moribund economy and government, giving his ruling party and its allies an estimated 46 percent of the vote in Sunday's first round of parliamentary elections, according to nearly complete...
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The US House of Representatives passes tough legislation against immigration.
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France has selected nearly 7,000 illegal  immigrants out of 30,000 applicants to benefit from a special  one-off measure granting them permanent residency, Interior  Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday.
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Voting began in the first round of  France&#39;s legislative election on Sunday with President Nicolas  Sarkozy&#39;s conservative UMP party expected to strengthen its  hold on power.
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French legislators approved a measure championed by President Nicolas Sarkozy that would encourage people to work beyond the 35-hour workweek by cutting taxes on overtime pay.
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New requirements to track down, deport and permanently bar people who overstay their visas would be added to a broad immigration bill under a GOP bid to attract more Republican support.
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SUPPORTERS of the European constitution won a significant victory in France last night when the countryâs Socialist Party voted to approve the document in an internal ballot.