Effects of Dutch Election on Immigration Policy
"Dutch Anti-Immigration Party Wins Cabinet Seats"Reuters, July 11, 2002"This whole (immigration) process will now be our responsibility. From the moment that an asylum seeker comes to our country until he is integrated... That's what Pim Fortuyn always wanted," his successor as LPF leader, Mat Herben, told the Dutch news agency ANP.The zero immigration demand, however, was rejected by the coalition. According to the Washington Post, the Dutch governing coalition intends to toughen regulations <div class='nifad'><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=5e5853f5b003466bae8fcb1364a7b5a2&u=202578090"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=5e5853f5b003466bae8fcb1364a7b5a2&u=202578090" border="0"/></a></div>
Immigration plays a roll in German politics
Conservative Challenger Attacks German ChancellorThe opposition candidate for Chancellor, Edmund Stoiber, is using immigration as an issue."Mr. Stoiber also called again today for stricter controls on immigration. Despite his support from many businesses, he has tried to block a Schröeder-drafted law that would allow more immigration from well-educated workers, especially in computer sciences, that the aging German population needs to compete internationally."This marks a change from past natio <div class='nifad'><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=5e5853f5b003466bae8fcb1364a7b5a2&u=202578079"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=5e5853f5b003466bae8fcb1364a7b5a2&u=202578079" border="0"/></a></div>
European Countertrend?
Rau Still Weighing Decision on Immigration Bill"German President Johannes Rau says he has not yet decided whether to sign legislation designed to become the country's first immigration law even though a member of the governing coalition says he will do so."On FAZ via News Is FreeIssue turns on arcane debates about whether bill's passage was legal. If Rau signs, it will undoubtedly be challenged in court. According to the "Bild", it now appears that Rau will sign the legislation (June 9). <div class='nifad'><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=5e5853f5b003466bae8fcb1364a7b5a2&u=202578078"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=5e5853f5b003466bae8fcb1364a7b5a2&u=202578078" border="0"/></a></div>
European Trend I
Refugees face immediate deportationStaff and agenciesThursday May 30, 2002New measures to deport asylum seekers immediately were today announced by the Home Office as figures showed the number of people seeking asylum in Britain fell by 10% on the previous year.According to David Blunkett, the home secretary:"We will return these people to their country of origin as soon as we have rejected their claim. "If they choose to appeal, they will have to do so from their home country."This decision wou <div class='nifad'><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=5e5853f5b003466bae8fcb1364a7b5a2&u=202578077"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=5e5853f5b003466bae8fcb1364a7b5a2&u=202578077" border="0"/></a></div>
European Trend II
Denmark Tightens Immigration RulesJAN M. OLSENAssociated Press WriterCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Parliament voted Friday tighten Denmark's immigration and asylum rules, making it harder for foreigners to seek asylum, get residence permits and welfare benefits.The legislation, which has been criticized abroad for being too harsh, was presented earlier this year by the Liberal-Conservative minority government. The center-right coalition took office in November on promises to protect the prosperous <div class='nifad'><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=5e5853f5b003466bae8fcb1364a7b5a2&u=202578076"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=5e5853f5b003466bae8fcb1364a7b5a2&u=202578076" border="0"/></a></div>
Migration Information Source
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When politics fail, call in the police
Guardian Unlimited | World Latest | EU Mulls Immigration, Asylum Rules"Mulls" is the operative term. While there are some concrete proposals on the table, including a European Union border police and a commitment of the Gallileo satellites (available in 2006) to track immigration flows, there does not seem to be sufficient momentum to opt for great innovations in European immigration or asylum policies. Perhaps because the EU interior ministers are actually meeting in Italy, the news coverage <div class='nifad'><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=5e5853f5b003466bae8fcb1364a7b5a2&u=202578074"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=5e5853f5b003466bae8fcb1364a7b5a2&u=202578074" border="0"/></a></div>
"Plus d'un Français sur quatre adhère aux idées de l'extrême droite" (More than one Frenchman in four agrees with the ideas of the far right)
Le Monde interactif : RechercheThe most striking aspect of this is how much the popularity of Le Pen and his ideas has risen since 1998 when little more than 10% of the French agreed with these ideas. The most popular areas for the extreme right are security and justice where over 40% of the population agree.The class breakdown is as follows (if you want a translation, say so in the comments)Le profil des personnes qui sont d'accord avec les positions du FN est très typé, et ses caractéristiq <div class='nifad'><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=5e5853f5b003466bae8fcb1364a7b5a2&u=202578073"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=5e5853f5b003466bae8fcb1364a7b5a2&u=202578073" border="0"/></a></div>
What France and Germany can agree on...
Trying to Learn the Right's Lessons Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitschrift, English language edition.By Michaela WiegelArticles suggests that the Le Pen/Fortuyn electoral successes will put more pressure on a Europe-wide solution to immigration issues--or at least the appearance of one. So far all they can do is empower the police:'The two countries' interior ministers, Otto Schily of Germany and Nicolas Sarkozy of France, on Monday announced an agreement that allows their respective police forces <div class='nifad'><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=5e5853f5b003466bae8fcb1364a7b5a2&u=202578072"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=5e5853f5b003466bae8fcb1364a7b5a2&u=202578072" border="0"/></a></div>
Pim Fortuyn's party in government
TIME Europe Magazine: Do The Right Thing -- May. 27, 2002Article indicates that the Christian Democratic Party (CDA), led by Jan Peter Balkenende, the most likely Prime Minister of the next Dutch government, is willing to invite the late Pim Fortuyn's party (LPF) into government, but at a price:"He noted pointedly last week that if the LPF is to participate in a coalition, it would have to distance itself from its late leader's comment about Islam being a "backward culture" and moderate its hard <div class='nifad'><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=5e5853f5b003466bae8fcb1364a7b5a2&u=202578071"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=5e5853f5b003466bae8fcb1364a7b5a2&u=202578071" border="0"/></a></div>