Articles related to "Deportation"

How does mass deportation of people with connections to the land and its markers, impact that landscape?

When Nazi Germany invaded the Chechen-Ingush ASSR, Stalin accused the Chechens of aiding the enemy and subsequently had the entire region deported.

Mohamed Harkat's case takes a turn as he receives bail, faces a deportation order, and the government loses its bail appeal. But the final word is the Supreme Court's.

The proposed Immigration Bill does nothing to identify the millions of illegal aliens currently residing in the United States.

German Businessman Karlheinz Schreiber has been deported. He was recently implicated in a kickback scandal involving former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.

The word 'kulak' was an almost meaningless term for peasants who were chosen arbitrarily for deportation to Russia's labor settlements.

Nazi occupation, resistance, executions in the Citadelle, the Vichy regime, anti-Jewish laws, the Free French and letters from soldiers can be found in this exhibition.

The Acadian Village and museums are great places to learn about the French-speaking people of New Brunswick, Canada.

Christopher R. Browning's harrowing look at how "ordinary" men committed some of history's worst atrocities during World War II.

Although the premise of a fake marriage to avoid deportation has been done many times, this story is still fun and filled with humor.

In 1996 new immigration laws were passed allowing for more deportable crimes and calling for easier deportation for crimes committed.

A judge has reversed the stay of deportation for John Demjanjuk, who is accused of being an accessory to the murder of 29,000 Jews in a Nazi concentration camp.

UAE Law # 8 & 12 govern Labor Law: "Trade unions do not exist [and]...Strikes are forbidden." The law is simple & direct. Deviations result in fines, jail and deportation

As with Tallinn in Estonia and Vilnius in Lithuania, the joys of Riga, the capital of Latvia, are becoming well known to travellers - go there now before the rush starts.

Throughout Nazi-occupied Europe as well as in Germany, ordinary citizens, even strangers, hid Jews from the Gestapo, often at great personal risk.

A look at how the United States tries to count its residents every 10 years and the controversies that threaten to derail the 2010 census before it even gets started.

Whether the history of the British judicial system, Maid Marian, World War II bomb shelters or Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem, this East Midlands city keeps visitors happy.

Although Canada is considered as having a more open and flexible immigration system, the regulations for immigrant detention are still questionable.

Congress should pass Senate Bill 1691 and authorize the formation of commissions to document the treatment of European resident aliens during World War II in the U.S.

While thousands of Jews were dying in German concentration camps during the Holocaust, thousands were surviving and thriving in Italian concentration camps.

From deportation to the American cultural phenomenon of shopping, these documentaries show the struggles and transformations that Latino immigrants face in the US.

Games that help young people develop social consciousness and understand complex social issues are the goal of gamesforchange.org. Who says learning can't be fun?

The main immigration center admitted about 15 million newcomers in 62 years, and today more than 100 million Americans can trace their ancestry to those immigrants.

The modern world has heard of the controversial Patriot Act, a.k.a. America's "Orwellian" law; but what is it and why is it so infamous?

In and around Salem, Massachusetts the Quakers are harassed, beaten, deported, and sometimes even hanged for what they believe.

A Protestant town in southeastern France became an avowed refuge for Jews fleeing from the Holocaust. Tthey saved approximately 5,000 men, women, and children.

Held in the cultural hub of Geelong, at the Geelong West Library PolyGlots 2009 celebrated the mixing of cultures, languages, and the written and spoken word.

Peter Carey invokes dreamscapes, mythology and surrealism in order to provide startling clarity of vision, both commenting on and reflecting the nature of modern society

The Belzec death camp was purposely constructed during the Second World War with the specific task of exterminating the Jews of Poland and other Nazi-occupies territories

Violence played a large role in the shaping of historical events in Eastern Europe. Domestic abuse, torture, forced labor, and other atrocities occured on a broad basis.

On April 24, 1915, in Constantinople, the Young Turks began the ethnic cleansing, or genocide, of the Turkish Armenian population.

A brief review of 2008 presidential candidate Barack Obama's stance on immigration including his positions on securing the border and removing incentives

In a special election on Tuesday, California voters rejected five of the six proposed budget measures that were to prevent what some are calling a "financial armageddon."

The Emirate of Dubai is one of the premier business hubs in the Middle East. However, petrodollars have not shielded it from an economic crisis.

The Guantanamo Bay prison houses those unprotected by the Geneva Conventions and detains alleged enemy combatants against the U.S.--The place is slated to fall.

Set in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley, Windsor is the birthplace of hockey and home to Victorian-era museums. A visit to Windsor makes a great day trip from Halifax.

Ingatius Timotheus Trebitsch Lincoln, (I.T.T. Lincoln) played many roles including British MP, clergyman, German spy, revolutionary minister and Buddhist abbot.

The apparent misapplication of federal acts as well as new policies regarding legal representation and the privacy of immigrants has many advocates up in arms.

Beauty, charm and allure - Jersey is said to be like her most famous historical character - Lillie Langtree. There is much to see for both adults and children.

The last community of European Jews was rescued from death in the final days of World War II by a singular man whose passion serves as a role model for every generation.

How do people perceive the land around them, and how is that perception changed by history? Those connections are complex and multilayered.

The U.S. government has honored its people's civil liberties through most of its history, allowing some serious infringements in time of actual or perceived peril.

The U.S. vs. John Lennon is an incredible documentary about Lennon and his music, marriage to Yoko, and his work towards peace.

From his essays on the handicapped to multiculturalism to his opposition to WWI, Randolph Bourne represents the young intellectual of the progressive era.

There are four basic categories of punishment for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) in Alabama, determined primaily by the DUI conviction history of the driver

Armenian Americans have appealed to the U.S. government to acknowledge publicly the Armenian genocide, but the U.S. refuses out of fear of retaliation from the Turk.

KIng Ashoka was the epitome of a religious and spiritual leader who sought to unify all the people of his land. Without him Buddhism may have never blossomed as it did.

Eight years after his death George Harrison, the youngest of the Fab Four, has been given his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

American history tourists: learn about Bowne House, site of pre-Revolutionary War colonies' fight for religious freedom, a half-hour from Manhattan and Kennedy Airport

This article deals the problems of legal entry into the United States for Canadians who have criminal records including the differences between pardons and waivers.