Friday, July 10, 2009


	
    

      

        

          

            
          
  
          

            
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Inside fortress Europe

            
Legal and illegal immigrants across Europe - from Amsterdam to the Spanish north-African enclave of Melilla, Roma residents, workers and mixed-nationality couples: all struggle to lead normal lives.

            

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                  The castaways of illegal immigration 
                Around 600 illegal immigrants live in makeshift camps around the northern French harbour town of Calais, hoping to hide in a lorry bound for the United Kingdom. The authorities do little for them and local charities say they are overloaded.

              

            

            

              
                
              
              

                
                  Ethnic, religious tensions shake tolerant Netherlands 
                After an anti-Islamic film by far-right deputy Geert Wilders hit the web, prompting outrage in the Muslim world, the Netherlands' image as a model multicultural nation is beginning to tarnish. (Report: G. Cragg, N. Ransom)

              

            

            

              
                
              
              

                
                  Slum evacuation divides Roma community 
                In late August, a Roma slum north of Paris was evacuated to make way for new council flats. Some families were re-housed in a resettlement camp. Some agreed to return to Romania on state-sponsored flights. Others simply disappeared. 

              

            

            

              
                
              
              

                
                  Mixed-nationality French-foreign couples complain of discrimination 
                Married couples composed of a French citizen and a foreigner have fewer rights in France than if they were both foreign, according to a pressure group taking 13 cases before a discrimination watchdog.

              

            
  
      


      
      

        
      
      
            
  
      
    	
      
      

      
      
      



      
            
            
      
            
            
 

      
            
      
 

      
      
     
      	

				

			

   




    

  
 
 

  
  

   
        

    

    
      
      

        

          

            

              
                

                  
                                                 
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                  
                

              
            

          

        

      

      

  

  

    

    

  
  
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