Immigration

by ITALY | Tue, 06/23/2009 - 03:28
The Vatican on Monday reiterated calls for countries to deal with immigration in respect of international conventions and human dignity.The president of the…
by ITALY | Fri, 06/05/2009 - 03:53
Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said he was ''moderately satisfied'' after a meeting of European Union justice and interior ministers who examined the…
by ITALY | Thu, 05/28/2009 - 03:31
Landings of illegal immigrants on Italy's southern coasts have ''practically ceased'' following a controversial new policy to return migrants back to Libya,…
by ITALY | Wed, 05/27/2009 - 03:57
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini on Tuesday reiterated an appeal for European Union assistance on illegal immigration to help lift the pressure off…
by ITALY | Tue, 05/26/2009 - 03:39
Italy's new immigration policy of returning to Libya migrants rescued or intercepted at sea is an effective deterrent to illegal migration in the Mediterranean…
by ITALY | Fri, 05/22/2009 - 03:37
Around 80 illegal immigrants arrived in several small boats on the southwest coast of Sardinia on Thursday after crossing from Algeria.The immigrants, who had…
by ITALY | Wed, 05/20/2009 - 03:44
Italy's new policy of taking back to Libya migrants rescued in international waters appears to be stopping the departure of migrant-loaded boats from other…
by ITALY | Tue, 05/19/2009 - 03:46
No European Union country has done more than Italy for foreign minors who illegally arrive here unaccompanied by adults, Italian Foreign Minister Franco…
by ITALY | Sat, 05/16/2009 - 03:08
The European Union will take ''into serious consideration'' a formal request by Italy that the EU address the immigration emergency in the Mediterranean at the…
by ITALY | Thu, 05/14/2009 - 03:36
Seventy percent of an estimated 37,000 migrants who landed on the Italian coasts in 2008 applied for asylum, the head of the Italian Council for Refugees said…