Deportation
UN urges France to stop collective deportation of Roma
August 30, 2010A UN Watchdog Group is urging France to stop the collective deportation of Roma, also known as Gypsies. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination calls collective expulsions a violation under international law. The Committee monitors...
Thousands commemorate victims of Stalin-era deportation
June 15, 2010The leaders of the ruling Alliance for European Integration, ministers, politicians and several thousands of deportees together with their families on 13 June commemorated the victims of the first wave of mass deportation that took place on 13 June 1...
False claim to U.S. citizenship may result in deportation
September 12, 2009By Robert L. Reeves and Nancy E. Miller As everyone who has applied for a job in the United States knows, you have to show that you have the right to work before you can be hired. As every non-citizen should know, falsely claiming to be a United States...
60th anniversary of the 2nd wave of deportation marked in Moldova
July 07, 2009By Andrei Brezianu and Vlad Spanu* On July 5-6, people in the Republic of Moldova marked the 60th anniversary of the second wave of deportation. Under Soviet rule, several waves of deportations of Moldova's native population were carried out: the...
Hundreds of deportation victims rally in Moldovan capital
July 07, 2009Over 500 people who have been deported from Moldova during Soviet times, as well as members of their families, today marched along Chisinau's main street to mark the 60th anniversary of the second wave of deportation. They marched from the monument...
US Immigration: New Traps for Aliens Filing for a Green Card
July 02, 2009By Attorneys Robert L. Reeves and Joseph I. Elias The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently issued a policy memorandum binding to its officers regarding unlawful presence. The memorandum is supposed to merely consolidate...
Air France criticized for deportations
July 13, 2007French trade unions want Air France to stop using its planes to deport illegal immigrants. The unions, which made the request at the airline's annual general meeting in Paris, said some members were traumatized by seeing the handling of failed asylum...