African immigrants captured off the coast of the Canary Islands last month were detained in Spain. (AP Photo) Like illegal Latin American immigrants in the United States, illegal African immigrants have caused contraversy in Europe. Recently, the European Union’s member states agreed on a pact that would curb illegal immigration, limit unskilled immigrants and refugees, [...]
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Slate Looks at How Europe Handles Immigration
October 25, 2008 – 1:02 pm
Though domestic immigration battles get more attention on this side of the Atlantic, Europe’s immigrants face their share of government raids and misunderstandings, especially since religion has become a factor in a way that it would never be here. In many Western European cities, large numbers of Asian, Eastern European and African immigrants live in [...]
