Labor announces immigration crackdown
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British Home Secretary Charles Clarke has announced a five-year strategy to tighten immigration and asylum controls, prompting accusations of a "bidding war" after the Conservative Party unveiled similar plans ...
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Under pressure from Europe, Tripoli has taken steps to clamp down on illegal migration.
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AMSTERDAM -- Authorities announced a major crackdown on organized crime in Amsterdam's Red Light District yesterday , for the first time allowing national police investigators and tax authorities to see the extent of what had long been seen as a local problem.
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Australia's government calls for an end to a permit system which limits those who can visit Aboriginal lands.
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The German foreign ministry is set to issue new guidelines tightening visa regulations in a bid to crack down on people abusing the terms of their visits, a top ministry official has confirmed.
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Labour leader Gordon Brown plans to reduce the influence of trade unions within the party, the BBC learns.
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LISBON, Sep 29 (IPS) - Six months after a decree aimed at regulating the   inflow of immigrant workers into Portugal went into effect, the  measure has  turned out to be a complete flop.
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HAZLETON, Pa. - Officials in this city plan to meet Friday to consider toning down one of the nation's toughest laws targeting the employers of illegal immigrants.  The revised law would still impose $1,000-a-day fines on anyone who employs someone unauthorized to work in the United States.
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Arizonaâs law to address illegal immigration could test statesâ ability to crack down on the countless businesses that have relied on illegal workers.
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Australia said on Sunday it was relaxing its migration program to allow more skilled workers into the country where the jobless rate is at a three-decade low and most companies face a labor shortage.
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ALBANY, Feb. 27  â Five former managers from a pallet and crate maker pleaded guilty on Tuesday in the companyâs hiring of illegal immigrants, 10 months after raids in 26 states signaled a federal crackdown on employers that break the law to get cheap labor.
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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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A day after federal agents netted 1,300 meat plant workers in the largest immigration sweep in U.S. history, federal officials pledged on Wednesday to continue a crackdown on illegal workers and identity theft.
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All UK visa applicants will be fingerprinted as part of new measures being announced to tighten Britain's borders.
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The Senate slashed the size of a proposed guest-worker program for foreign laborers yesterday, dealing the first real blow to a fragile overhaul of the nation's immigration laws since it reached the Senate floor this week.
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JAKARTA The Indonesian authorities ordered a nationwide security crackdown Thursday after several foreign governments warned that terrorists were preparing to attack Western targets before Christmas.
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Indonesia ordered a nationwide security crackdown Thursday after Australia, Britain and New Zealand warned terrorists were preparing to attack ahead of Christmas.