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27/06/2012 - France's new government

French interior minister to issue 'objective' rules on immigrants' right to stay

French Interior Minister Manuel Valls is to issue new instructions on giving residency papers to immigrants, accusing former President Nicolas Sarkozy of blaming immigration for France’s ...

14/06/2012 - French parliamentary election 2012

Sarkozy party activist assaulted by Front National supporter ahead of parliamentary decider

France’s mainstream right UMP party has condemned a physical assault on one of its members by a supporter of the Front National (FN) in the southern constituency where the party’s ...

11/06/2012 - French parliamentary elections 2012

Mélenchon fails to face down Le Pen in French election first round

Hard-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon gambled and lost by standing against far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the deprived constituency of Hénin-Beaumont.

06/06/2012 - Report: Israel

Jerusalem house firebombed as Israeli Government stokes anti-immigration fervour

Violence against African immigrants in Israel spiked once more as an apartment housing 10 Eritrean asylum-seekers was firebombed on Monday.

05/06/2012 - France's new president

France eases limits on foreign graduates' right to work

The French government has reversed its predecessor’s order to officials to restrict the number of foreign graduates taking jobs in the country after they have graduated from French ...

05/06/2012 - Report: Israel

Israeli government deports 25,000 after racist protests

Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the "swift deportation" of 25,000 so-called illegal immigrants after demonstrations targeting immigrants in Tel Aviv.

02/06/2012 - France - Canada

French police confirm search for Canadian psycho killer

French police on Saturday confirmed they are searching for Luka Rocco Magnotta, the Canadian porn star suspected of murdering his alleged lover and mailing body parts to political parties.

01/06/2012 - France

Hollande government acts to end racially-based identity checks

The French government is to introduce a new measure for police carrying out identity checks to avoid the same person being questioned several times and stem criticism from some immigrant ...

31/05/2012 - France's new president

French government scraps restrictions on foreign graduates' right to work

France’s Socialist government was on Thursday set to scrap an order from former Interior Minister Claude Guéant limiting foreign graduates’ right to work in France a year to the ...

Hostility to foreigners grows in China
27/05/2012 - International media

Hostility to foreigners grows in China

Hostility to foreigners is growing in China due to the visitors' alleged bad behaviour, says Francis Moriarty, the vice-president of the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents' Club.

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