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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysia is looking at caning illegal immigrants as part of tougher measures being considered to deter a growing number of migrants.
"Authorities have arrested some 50,000 foreigners for various immigration offences during the first six months of the year, a top Malaysian official said."
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MADRID, Spain (Reuters) -- Spain's Foreign Minister Josep Pique said on Tuesday he had summoned Morocco's ambassador to express concern that the North African was not doing enough to stem record numbers of illegal immigrants coming into Spain.
"The events of the last few days are unacceptable. We have arranged a meeting with the Moroccan ambassador to tell this to him," Pique told news agency Europa Press in an interview.
Last weekend an estimated 800 immigrants were detained on Spain's southern coast and the Canary Islands in a land-and-sea swoop by police, Spanish police said. At least two people died before reaching shore.
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ATHENS, Greece -- A Turkish man was shot dead in his boat by Greek coastguards on Thursday after dropping off nine illegal immigrants on the island of Kos.
"Thousands of immigrants from Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe cross illegally into Greece every year through its northern border or by sea, many aiming for central or northern Europe."
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LONDON, England (CNN) -- Boats, trains and lorries have proven to be the most popular way for illegal asylum seekers to attempt border crossings, but other methods have been more daring and dangerous.
Tens of thousands of people attempt to make illegal crossings each year in search of a safe haven or a better economic environment.
Most pay high sums of money to take ships across oceans or trucks over mountains. But some attempts have been more desperate.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Mexican government plan to help immigrants who are trying to cross into the United States has rapidly become a diplomatic issue.
Last year, 369 people died struggling across the swirling rivers and scorching deserts that constitute the U.S.-Mexico border. Just Wednesday, 12 men died near Yuma, Arizona, as they were being smuggled north.
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(CNN) -- Heading north at full throttle, an overloaded smugglers boat races from Cuba to the Florida Keys. Powered by twin 250 horsepower engines, the boat outruns the authorities, and is beached behind the condos near Marathon, Florida. On board, human cargo: 21 Cuban men, women and children.
The lucrative and dangerous business of smuggling Cubans to the United States is booming, and, according to authorities, is becoming more organized. As one U.S. Border Patrol agent put it, "We are being overrun now." Last year, 1,115 smuggled Cuban immigrants landed in the Florida Keys. This year, that number was surpassed by early June.
Patricia Diaz, an Assistant U.S.Attorney in Miami says, "I see the smugglers are getting ever more aggressive. They're piling even more people on the boats. They are getting even more reckless."
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JALOZAI REFUGEE CAMP, Pakistan (CNN) -- Three years of drought and 20 years of civil war have taken a harsh toll on the Afghan people, forcing hundreds of thousands of them to flee horrid conditions at home for refugee camps where they may fare no better.
The situation is dire enough for internally displaced Afghans, aid officials say, but worse for those who fled across Afghanistan's borders into neighbouring countries, where they are often considered little more than illegal immigrants.
Such is the case at Jalozai, a squalid camp in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province, where 80,000 Afghans live in what residents call "a living graveyard."
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Belgium has suspended the issuing of travel visas to Russian citizens for two weeks in protest over illegal immigrants from the country.
A government spokesman said on Saturday: "The Council of Ministers yesterday took the decision to close the visa section of the Belgian embassy in Moscow for a fortnight."
The two countries are in dispute over the repatriation of Russian illegal immigrants.
"The spokesman added: "It's complicated because in many cases the Russians say 'Is this person really Russian? He speaks Russian but could he be from a different former Soviet country?'"
He declined to say how many illegal immigrants were awaiting repatriation to Russia but said "several thousands" had to be sent back from Belgium every year."
ROME, Italy -- More that 560 illegal immigrants have safely reached shore in Italy after being set adrift in the Adriatic Sea.
Their rusting, Turkish-registered ship was towed by a coastguard vessel after passengers sent out a mayday call on Saturday night.
A total of 562 immigrants, including 63 children, were on board, coastguard official Lieutenant Vincenzo Amanti said.
"They are mostly Kurds, Sri Lankans, Iraquis and Iranians," he added.
An ill child and a pregnant woman were rushed to a hospital when they docked, RAI state television reported.
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ATHENS, Greece -- A boat carrying more than 250 immigrants has run aground in Greece.
The Greek Merchant Marine Ministry said three Turkish crew had been arrested and were due to appear before a public prosecutor.
The 20-metre boat ran aground on Evia island, near Athens, and 17 children were among the mainly Kurdish immigrants.
Greek authorities transferred the immigrants to a cultural centre where they were being detained.
Greece is a favoured entry point for illegal aliens from the Middle East, Africa and Asia who are trying to make their way to other European Union countries.
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