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Last week the French Parliament passed legislation into law to overhaul immigration policy. Most of the new rules make obtaining a visa or work permit much more difficult, and it abolished an old policy of granting legal status to illegal immigrants who could document ten years of residency.
A large majority of UK residents are against offering an amnesty to illegal immigrants, a poll suggests.
The YouGov survey for the think-tank MigrationWatch, which campaigns against mass migration, suggested 72% opposed the move, with 11% in favour. Three-quarters of the 2,400 people surveyed felt too many immigrants were coming to the UK.
Immigration Minister Liam Byrne in June refused to rule out an amnesty but says there are no plans for one.
The European Union will push African states to take back illegal migrants but also offer economic help, the EU's top immigration official said July 5.
"We want readmission agreements. Although we are aware of the existing problems, we cannot only focus on repressive measures," EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini said.
"We have to fight together with the police, with the secret services, of the countries concerned," he said in an interview.
On the day that Congress began dueling hearings on competing versions of immigration reform, President Bush reasserted his desire for a comprehensive plan to give legal status to the more than 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. while tightening borders and cracking down on unlawful hiring.
Foreign workers are arriving in Australia at the rate of 158 a day.
More than 58,000 workers holding temporary skilled work visas arrived in Australia in the year to April, according to Immigration Department figures, The Australian reported.
NSW accepted 23,000 workers, Victoria had 11,976 and Queensland 8,139, the department figures show.
After a long wait The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 provision relating to children of unmarried British fathers came into effect on 1 July 2006.