| Funding to help UK Immigrants The UK Border Agency has announced a call for tender for the European Integration Fund 2007-2008. Applications to the fund which has a value of approximately five million have to be submitted by 6 March 2009. The European Integration Fund is for legal migrants who have arrived in the last five years and who are not asylum seekers or refugees. It also excludes European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) nationals and those who are in the United Kingdom under visa categories such as students.... workpermit.com |
Greece: U.N. Cites Immigrant Center The United Nations refugee agency says it is “alarmed” at the conditions at a Greek detention center where hundreds of illegal immigrants are being held, including scores of children nytimes.com |
In Quake Aftermath, U.S. Suspends Deportations to Haiti Responding to devastation from the earthquake, the Obama administration temporarily suspended deportations of illegal immigrants. nytimes.com |
Fake Lawyer Pleads Guilty Prosecutors said Victor M. Espinal worked as an immigration lawyer for 15 years and bilked many of his clients. nytimes.com |
Immigration Debate Steps Into the Kitchen A San Diego restaurant owner has been thrust into one of the nation’s most contentious debates, sending a current of fear through the restaurant industry. nytimes.com |