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Cuba says Obama 'misinformed' on island affairs
A senior Cuban official lashed out at President Barack Obama on Friday for linking improved human rights in the country to better diplomatic ties, and suggesting the communist island had outdated policies.
03 February 2013
California Latinos to overtake whites within year
Latinos will outnumber non-Hispanic whites in California by early next year for the first time since it became a US state.
01 February 2013
Obama: 'the time is now' for immigration reform
President Barack Obama said Tuesday that long-sought reforms to a "broken" immigration system were within America's grasp, seeking to lock in rare momentum towards a major cross-party compromise.
31 January 2013
Obama to harness immigration reform momentum
President Barack Obama heads to Las Vegas Tuesday to begin to mobilize the US public behind a comprehensive immigration reform drive that could provide a glittering second-term legacy achievement.
30 January 2013
Netanyahu aims to deport tens of thousands of Africans
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he aims to repatriate tens of thousands of African illegal migrants and that the inflow into Israel from the Sinai peninsula has been brought to a halt.
26 December 2012
'Lost tribe' members migrate from India to Israel
Fifty members of an Indian community believed to be descendants of one of the lost tribes of Israel arrived on Monday in the Jewish state, completing their immigration.
26 December 2012
Immigrants in OECD nations hit by economic crisis: report
Immigrants in OECD nations have been badly hit by the economic crisis especially in vulnerable states such as Ireland, Spain and Italy.
04 December 2012
Top Republican 'confident' of US immigration deal
US House Speaker John Boehner expressed confidence Thursday that he and his Republicans can work with President Barack Obama to hammer out a comprehensive deal on immigration.
09 November 2012
Migrants in Morocco ready to risk all as winter looms
"I don't want to die of hunger and cold," says Patrick, one of many sub-Saharan migrants in Morocco desperate to reach Spanish shores and start a new life in Europe as winter approaches.
08 November 2012
Three dead, 13 missing after shipwreck off France's Mayotte
Three people were dead and 13 missing Monday after a boat carrying illegal immigrants capsized in the Indian Ocean off the French overseas territory of Mayotte.
10 October 2012
Man executed in Texas for killing immigrant
An American man convicted of killing a Sudanese immigrant was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday in Texas after the US Supreme Court rejected his fourth appeal for a stay of execution.
26 September 2012
Arizona police start enforcing new immigration law
Police in Arizona can now start asking crime suspects about their immigration status, as a contested law that raised fears of profiling of Hispanics took effect in a state bordering Mexico.
19 September 2012
Asylum-seekers to live in tents in Nauru: Australia
Asylum-seekers sent to the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru will be forced initially to live in tents, Australia's Immigration Minister Chris Bowen confirmed Tuesday.
11 September 2012
Australia plans to move boatpeople this week
Australian Immigration Minister Chris Bowen on Monday said he hoped to begin sending asylum-seekers who arrive by boat to the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru later this week.
10 September 2012
Latinos denounce new Arizona immigration ruling
Immigrant rights activists voiced anger Wednesday after a judge upheld Arizona's right to enforce a so-called "show me your papers" law which critics say will lead to racial profiling of Hispanics.
06 September 2012
Tiny island creates major migration headache for Spain
Spain lashed out at human traffickers Monday as it grappled with more than 80 immigrants who made their way to a tiny Spanish-owned islet off the coast of Morocco.
05 September 2012
British university launches legal fight over visa status
A London university on Monday announced it was launching legal action over the government's decision to revoke its right to sponsor visas, a move that threatens thousands of students with deportation.
04 September 2012
68 illegal immigrants land on uninhabited Spanish island
A group of 68 illegal immigrants, including three minors, arrived Sunday at a tiny, uninhabited Spanish island located very close to Morocco.
03 September 2012
1,000 boatpeople arrive in Australia since Pacific policy
Australia said Tuesday its tough new policy to deter asylum-seekers by shipping them to small Pacific islands would take time to work, after the arrival of more than 1,000 boatpeople since it was adopted.
28 August 2012
Arizona governor limits immigrant benefits
On the day undocumented migrants lined up across the US to apply for deportation deferrals, Arizona's governor ordered state agencies to deny them driver's licenses and other benefits.
20 August 2012