Immigration

A shortage of skilled construction workers is being addressed through a relaxation of post-Brexit immigration rules.The Home Office said bricklayers, plasterers, roofers and carpenters were being added to the shortage…

The European Union and Tunisia on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding for a "strategic and comprehensive partnership" on irregular migration, economic development and renewable energy. Issued on:…

The Tunisian coastguard said Thursday it had recovered the bodies of 13 migrants after a shipwreck off Sfax, the port where violent clashes erupted last week between migrants and residents. Issued on:…

Widespread riots in France sparked by the police killing of a teenager with North African roots have revealed the depth of discontent roiling poor neighborhoods — and given a new platform to the increasingly emboldened far…

The global migration wave of the 21st century has little precedent. In much of North America, Europe and Oceania, the share of population that is foreign-born is at or near its highest level on record.In the U.S., that share is approaching…

The Dutch government collapsed on Friday night after the parties in the ruling coalition failed to resolve a dispute about how to handle migration, which means the country will hold new general elections in the fall. Prime Minister Mark…

AMSTERDAM: The Dutch government collapsed on Friday after failing to reach a deal on restricting immigration, which will trigger new elections in the fall.The crisis was triggered by a push by Prime Minister Mark Rutte's conservative VVD…

Almost a week of riots followed the fatal police shooting of a teenager with North African roots on June 27, once again exposing fractures along racial lines and between residents of the city’s suburbs (banlieues) and those who…

The riots across France sparked by the death of Nahel, a teenager killed by a police officer during a traffic stop on June 27, garnered significant international attention. However, the incident also led to a surge of false…

He was "everything" to his mother, a quiet boy in his Paris neighbourhood, struck down by a policeman's bullet that has sparked riots and soul searching in a country where police have long faced accusations of singling out…