Belgium Immigration News

The New York Times hastily amended its piece, though whether Yvonne Brill herself would have taken exception remains a moot point. She herself admitted that it had not been easy juggling the job of rocket scientist with family life and she would probably …

The mass of Muslim immigrants packing Brussels should approve. In the Muslim world, child euthanasia is known as Honor Killing. The Belgian Federal Parliament is reportedly about to expand its controversial "right to die” policies to include access …

Drifting defectors seek asylum in European nations Brokers still seen as saviors June 17,2013 Much has been written about North Korean defectors who find it difficult to adjust to their new lives in the South. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency has …

Legend has it that Maison Zevallos, a large colonial mansion once part of one of the biggest sugar estate on Guadeloupe in the French Caribbean, is haunted by the ghosts of murdered Indian workers. Said to have been built in the workshop of the maker of …

In 2012, 232 women were the victims of gang rape. That is an average of 5 per week. This is what emerges from a parliamentary question posed by the Vlaams Belang MP Peter Logghe. Experts note that the figure should be higher because some of the victims …

The new immigration reform bill passed through a Senate panel on Tuesday left behind an amendment that would have allowed gay and lesbian Americans with foreign-born partners to petition for their legal status. "I don't want to be the senator who …

By Frosty Wooldridge   Answer: kill its language for starters. The great philosopher Emanuel Kant said, "The two great dividers are: language and religion." Over the past 237 years, America struggled with its most burdensome problem: race …

by Guest Editorial by Archbishop Charles Chaput, Register Correspondent Sunday, May 19, 2013 8:04 AM Comments (52) As Catholics celebrate Pentecost, we reflect on the birth of the Church and the continued presence and guidance of the Holy Spirit. The …

R (violence); 104 min. Just once, it’d be nice if the couple fleeing from a trigger-happy hit man through, say, a crowded hospital, would yell out — “Run for your lives!” And if the hospital’s in Belgium, it’d be nice for them to yell it in French. Erased …

American exceptionalism has become a theme of our immigration debate. From both sides, we hear that America is a uniquely desirable place that, for good or ill, draws an outsized share of the world’s immigrants. A petitioner holds a US flag during a …

In a case reminiscent of National Public Radio (NPR)'s 2010 firing of commentator Juan Williams, the Belgian television meteorologist Luc Trullemans has lost his job after posting angry and abusive comments upon his Facebook page concerning Muslim …

There are a number of modern-day Americans that stand out for their inventiveness and technical achievement. This article focuses on immigration policy, and how it may have affected America’s acquisition of Albert Einstein and Seven Jobs, for instance. …

In the United States, two Chechen immigrants are accused of the Boston Marathon bombings. In Canada, a doctoral student at a Montreal university is one of two non-citizens accused this week of plotting to derail a passenger train. The headlines in North …

LONDON (Reuters) - In the United States, two Chechen immigrants are accused of the Boston Marathon bombings. In Canada, a doctoral student at a Montreal university is one of two non-citizens accused this week of plotting to derail a passenger train. The …

(2 hrs 52 mins ago) A 16th century religious tapestry stolen from a Spanish cathedral in 1979 and sold at auction three years ago for US$369,000 was returned to Spain by the US customs service. In a statement, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said …

Spain is the EU country receiving the highest inflow of non-EU immigrants. Here workers from Guinea-Bissau construct greenhouses in Andalucia. Photograph: Alamy Immigrants to the European Union are, for the most part, less likely to live on welfare than …

Is it wrong for all the main political party leaders to start sounding tougher on immigration because Ukip is doing quite well in the polls in its current role as the protest party? Of course not. What are protest parties for if not to shake up the major …

Labour's party political broadcast on immigration. Labour's difficulties in adopting a new approach to immigration policy were highlighted on Wednesday when the shadow public health minister Diane Abbott suggested that her party could be " …

11 December 2012 Last updated at 09:00 ET More than half of Belgium's immigrants who came from from outside the EU are not registered as working, a report by the country's national bank says. Some 45.8% were registered as working last year, …

24 November 2012 Last updated at 19:18 ET By Rob Cameron BBC News, Prague Hundreds of families sat down to lunch across Europe last Sunday, joined not by their usual friends or relatives, but by strangers from foreign lands. In a small, cosy flat in the …