Spain promises amnesty to immigrants
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The Spanish government yesterday held out the promise of amnesty to illegal immigrants, saying it would offer full legal recognition to many already in the country and stop turning back boats before they reached its shores.
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Spain agreed on Friday to hand a judge  intelligence documents about secret CIA flights that  transported terrorism suspects to third countries where  investigators say they may have faced torture or abuse.
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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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Spanish Defense Minister Jose Bono said Friday Spanish troops deployed in Afghanistan will return home when their mandate ends in December and his country will not send soldiers back to Iraq any more.
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MADRID, Oct 24  (IPS) - The European Union is set to open its doors wide to  qualified immigrants with its blue card system, and at the same  time slam them even more tightly shut to undocumented workers, of  whom there are 10 million in the bloc, including 700,000 in Spain.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government will declare a nationwide arms amnesty next week, but insists the city of Falluja must turn in foreign militants or face assault, National Security Adviser Kassim Daoud said Monday.
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Spain and Morocco are to exchange judges in a drive to combat terrorism and illegal immigration.
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Spain's socialist government has initiated steps during summer to combat two of the greatest political problems facing the country: illegal immigration and the threat from radical Islamist terrorism.
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Spain and the United States plan to sign an agreement to share information on Islamic militants before the end of the year, the Spanish attorney general's office said Monday.
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A strike and growing unrest at Spain's shipyards pose the first major test of industrial relations for Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, who has promised to fight the dockworkers' corner and save jobs threatened by fierce competition.
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A weekend announcement by the armed Basque separatist group ETA has revived hopes of a long-awaited end to violence but Spain's government said the organisation would have to show it intends to abandon violence 'once and for all.'
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Illegal immigrants lined up outside government offices and consulates, seeking documents to help them qualify for residency and work papers as Spain's biggest immigration reform ever went into effect.
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The Spanish government has approved a divisive bill allowing reparations for victims of the Spanish Civil War and the ensuing dictatorship of Gen. Francisco Franco, one of the darkest chapters of Spain's modern history.
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On the occasion of today's International Migrants' Day (18 December), Amnesty International reiterates its concern about the plight of millions of migrants around the world who are denied access to their ...
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The government is planning to announce an election pledge on immigration to hit back at the Conservatives.
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In a move to protect Spain&#39;s image and bid for the 2012 Olympics, Spanish leaders stressed that its citizens and sports fans are not racist.
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Determined to curb the influx of illegal migrants, Spain has gone on the offensive, pouring $1.4 million into media campaigns in Senegal aimed at highlighting the risks of dangerous sea journeys that have claimed countless lives