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"Smart borders" must help EU prevent irregular migration - ALDE

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) has welcomed the European Commission’s "Smart borders" package saying that it will simplify the life of "bona fide" foreigners frequently travelling to the EU.

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Immigrations Office in Rome now has more “branches”

Immigrants in Rome can now easily obtain information about the status of their applications for family reunification, authorization to work, or regularization by going to the offices of Caritas, Comunità di Sant’Egidio and Programma Integra.

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Study: Rights of refugees violated under Dublin system

The Dublin Regulation that identifies which European State is responsible for deciding on an asylum application has turned 10 but not improved the way asylum seekers are treated, a new report shows.

Forum Réfugiés-Cosi, ECRE, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee and their national partners, have published a comparative study on how this Regulation is applied by States. The report entitled “The Dublin II Regulation: Lives on Hold” shows that the Dublin system continues to fail both refugees and Member States.

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Italy becomes first EU Member State to ratify Domestic Workers Convention

The Government of Italy has deposited with the International Labour Office (ILO) the instrument of ratification of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189).

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Spoof posters: Vote Cardinal Turkson the next Pope

Some unidentified people are plastering spoof posters in Rome urging Cardinals to vote for Ghana’s Cardinal Peter Turkson as the next Pope.

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