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Why labour migrants are good for the Netherlands

HILVERSUM, 25 November 2009 (RNW<)—Choose whether or not you want to be Dutch, that’s the credo of Minister of Integration Eberhard van der Laan. But with this emphasis on the Netherlands and the Dutch language, Mr Van der Laan is closing the door on a temporary migration policy. That, say various experts, is bad for the Dutch economy.Read more<

Europe<Migration and development<Migration policy and governance<Netherlands<

Malta

A newspaper for immigrants

VALLETTA, 23 November 2009 (Times of Malta<)—The Peace Lab in Ħal Far is issuing a newspaper for immigrants with the aim of strengthening ties between them and Maltese society, director Fr Dionysius Mintoff said.Read more<

Church networking and action<Europe<Malta<Migration and development<

Italy

Boat with 200 refugees arrives in Italy

SICILY, 21 November 2009(DW-World<)—Roughly 200 hundred refugees from Africa have arrived in Sicily, after travelling across the Mediterranean by boat.Read more<

Assist survivors of violence and trauma<Europe<Human trafficking<Italy<Migration and development<Migration policy and governance<

The Vatican

Papal address to congress on migration

VATICAN CITY, 19 November 2009 (Zenit.org<)—Here is the address Benedict XVI delivered Nov. 9 upon addressing some 300 participants in the 6th Congress for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees.Read more<

Church networking and action<Europe<Holy See<Migration and development<Migration policy and governance<

Belgium

Five NGOs open a camp in the heart of Brussels, Belgium

BRUSSELS, 18 November 2009 (MSF<)—Vluchtelingenwerk, Vlaanderen, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Medecins du Monde and Caritas International - see no other option but to go ahead and build a refugee camp in the heart of Brussels in order to provide care to asylum seekers.Read more<

Belgium<Church networking and action<Europe<Migration and development<Migration policy and governance<

Netherlands

Police nab smugglers who brought 2,000 into EU

AMSTERDAM, 17 November 2009 (Reuters<)—Police across Europe arrested 22 people on Tuesday on suspicion of smuggling some 2,000 immigrants into the European Union, mainly from Iraq, law enforcement organisation Europol said.Read more<

Europe<Human trafficking<Migration policy and governance<Netherlands<

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