Crackdown on immigration unveiled
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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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Federal immigration agents rounded up hundreds of immigrant workers in what the agents described as a vast criminal investigation of identity theft.
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Home Office announces it has deported more than the target of 4,000 foreign criminals this year
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Spain approved new guidelines on immigration on Thursday, including a partial amnesty aimed at giving papers to some of the 800,000 illegal immigrants estimated to be living in the country.
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Efforts to limit or scrap a temporary worker program will provide the first test of a wide-ranging immigration bill, as lawmakers began tackling a long list of proposed amendments
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The move is part of a government crackdown on graft by ChinaÂs president that has focused on prominent political opponents.
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A crackdown on dealers and users of drugs including cocaine and heroin is launched by English and Welsh police.
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LISBON, Dec 19 (IPS) - Immigrant associations, human rights organisations  and groups against racism are discreetly applauding the measures  announced this week by the Portuguese government to encourage  fuller integration of immigrants who are in the country legally.  But what the activists really want are results.
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After years of growth in "remittances," a crackdown on illegal immigration and a slowing United States economy appear to take a toll.
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LONDON -- With eight suspects in last weekend's attempted car-bomb attacks in custody, all of them foreign doctors or other medical professionals, Britain reduced its terrorism threat level from critical to severe yesterday and Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced more rigorous background checks on foreign doctors applying for visas to work in the United Kingdom.
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The UK government will store electronic records of people entering the UK in effort to tighten border control.
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Britain unveiled plans Tuesday to tighten visa rules for tourists from outside Europe, drawing protests that it would hit immigrant families with visitors from countries such as India.
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The Australian government is cracking down on welfare recipients in coastal areas where unemployment is high.
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Unskilled foreigners will find it harder to migrate to Britain under new proposals, which also call for stricter screening of asylum seekers and tighter border controls.
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Jails and detention centers around the country must stop using police dogs to control immigration detainees as of Saturday under a new policy issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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The government proposed tighter immigration controls Monday and said only skilled workers who speak English would be allowed to settle in Britain permanently.
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Critics say the government is using dictatorship-era laws to crack down harshly on indigenous criminals.