Illegal immigrants

The U.S. Border Patrol is responsible for about 8,000 miles of borders and intercepting illegal immigrants and smugglers (particularly drug smugglers). 

The British Government of Neville Chamberlain had decided to limit Jewish immigration to 1,500 per month. But the pressures set up by the frightful massacres of European Jews by Hitler had proved stronger than the decrees of Whitehall, and illegal immigration had continued and after the war had risen to very high levels. 

More effective control of external borders" was one of the main Presidency Conclusions of the Laeken European Council in December 200 L In the aftermath of the dramatic terrorist attacks of 11 September, Europe s leaders believed that better management of the EU s external borders could have helped "in the fight against terrorism, illegal immigration networks and the traffic in human beings". To this end. 

European Commission. (2003). The development of a common policy on illegal immigration, smuggling and trafficking in human beings, external borders and the return of illegal residents. Com 323. Brussels EU. 

Samers, M. (2004) Emerging Geopolitics of Illegal Immigration in the European Union. European Journal of Migration and Law 6(1) 27-45. 

Smith, H. (2012) Greek Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants Leads to Mass Arrests. The Guardian. <> (accessed 7 August 2012). 

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