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Government Warns Rogue Firms Against Employing Illegal Immigrants

The British government is determined to act against any and all rogue employers hiring illegal immigrants over bonafide local workers. Immigration minister James Brokenshire said businesses denying work to British nationals and driving down wages can expect to be targeted. His

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Italy Hands Smuggler Unprecedented Life Sentence as Europe Prepares for Migrant Deluge

A court in Catania, Italy, has sentenced 23-year-old Haj Hammouda Radouan to life in prison for manning an illegal migrant ship that capsized in the Mediterranean, killing an estimated 200 people. It is the first such sentence in Italy’s history, a precedent arriving just as the nation prepares for the summer rise in African migrants attempting to reach European shores.