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WRAP More migrants arrive at Lampedusa ADDS Le Pen visit
1. Wide of National Front party leader Marine Le Pen's convoy on road leading to immigrant holding centre
2. Protesters walking up road with banner reading (French) "Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood also for illegal immigrants."
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Actors attend gala held by Arnold Schwarzenegger to celebrate Mexico border
Music/Video/Performance Rights must be cleared
AP Entertainment
Los Angeles, 15 August 2008
1. Wide of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Arnold and Rob Lowe posing for photographers
2. Governor Schwarzenegger speaks to reporter
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NICARAGUA: BODIES FOUND AFTER BOAT CARRYING ECUADORANS SINKS
Spanish/Nat
Sixteen bodies have been found on the shores of Lake Nicaragua after a boat carrying Ecuadorans sank in choppy waters on Friday night.
The Ecuadorans were crossing Central America with the aim of illegally entering the United...
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Former GOP Chairman Michael Steele reacts to Monday night's Republican debate in Tampa, Florida. Michael Steele said a close, hard-fought battle can be good for the party and the candidates, because it gives them a chance to make their arguments.
HEADLINE Former GOP Chairman Reacts
CAPTION: Former GOP Chairman Michael Steele reacts to Monday night's Republican debate in Tampa, Florida. Michael Steele said a close, hard-fought battle can be good for the party, because it gives the...
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THAILAND: AUTHORITIES BEGIN IMPLEMENTING NEW REPATRIATION POLICY
Burmese/Eng/Nat
The Thai authorities have begun implementing a new policy of repatriating illegal migrants from Thailand.
On Monday, 126 Burmese were repatriated to their homeland, the first batch of illegal workers who may be expelled...
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TALKING POINT France is considering asking for DNA tests from visa applicants
FILE: Paris - June 28, 2006
1. Various of immigrants queueing to file papers at police station
Paris - 17 September, 2007
2. Exterior of French National Assembly building
3. Thierry Mariani, Parliamentarian with Union for a Popular...
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Ranchers along the border between Texas and Mexico say they're being threatened by drug cartels running drugs into the United States. The AP's Rich Mattews reports.
HEADLINE: Border ranchers fear threats from drug cartels
CAPTION: Ranchers along the border between Texas and Mexico say they're being threatened by drug cartels running drugs into the United States. The AP's Rich Mattews reports....
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Frontrunner defiant at main campaign rally, immigrant expulsion comment
1. Wide pan over crowd gathered for speech by Antonis Samaras, leader of the centre-right New Democracy party
2. Mid of Samaras addressing crowd
3. Pan right of crowd waving flags at rally
4. SOUNDBITE: (Greek) Antonis Samaras, Leader...
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Young illegal immigrants scramble for papers after law change allows for work permits
Hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants scrambled to get papers in order on Wednesday as the US started accepting applications to allow them to avoid deportation and get a temporary work permit.
US President Barack Obama...
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GERMANY: EASTERN BORDER WITH POLAND TO BE REINFORCED
Oder-Neisse border, Germany, 9 January 1997 and file
9 January 1997:
1. Wide shot of German federal border police guards patrolling the Oder-Neisse border
2. Close-up of federal border guard watching border with night field glasses
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USA: IMMIGRATION PROVISION 245-I EXPIRES OCTOBER 23
Span/Eng/Nat
A deadline is looming for many illegal immigrants in the U-S.
On October 23rd a provision that allows many foreigners to remain in the U-S while they seek permanent legal status expires.
If that provision - called 245-I ...
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Mexican national holed up in a church to avoid deportation
A Mexican man who has been living in a Denver church basement to avoid deportation said on Monday he was hopeful that "God could fix his life" by giving him the freedom to live in the United States.
Arturo Hernandez, who is a building...
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ITALY: ROME: ANTI RACIST DEMONSTRATION
English/Nat
Over 20-thousand anti-racist demonstrators have taken to the streets of Rome, demanding that a planned change to the country's immigration laws be scrapped.
They say that new rules that give police discretionary powers to...
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US president says security along border with Mexico toughened
1. US President George W. Bush walking towards podium
2. Cutaway of border control officers applauding
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) US President George W. Bush:
"Past efforts to reform did not do enough to secure our nation's borders, as a...
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Obama meets illegal immigrants
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday accused opponents of his immigration action of failing to think about the "human consequences".
Obama spoke during an Oval Office meeting with half-a-dozen young immigrants protected by his...
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GERMANY: BONN: YUGOSLAVIA AGREES TO REPATRIATE 135,000 ILLEGAL ALIENS
German/Serbo-Croat
Yugoslavia has agreed to repatriate 135-thousand illegal aliens living in Germany in return for economic help.
The treaty was signed on Thursday in Bonn between the German Interior Minister Manfred Kanther and his...
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Senegalese President meets Zapatero to discuss illegal immigration
1. Various of arrival of the Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero at the presidential palace
2. Exterior of presidential palace
3. Various of meeting between Zapatero and the President of Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade, plus delegations
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HONG KONG: BOAT PEOPLE PROTEST
Natural Sound
Police and prison guards launched an air, sea and land assault Sunday on a Hong Kong detention camp where Vietnamese boat people were protesting over their forced repatriation later this week.
Hong Kong is forcibly...
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BELGIUM: PASSPORT CHECKS REINTRODUCED
French/Nat
The Belgian government has reintroduced passport checks at border posts to stem the flow of asylum seekers into the country.
Thousands of would-be asylum seekers arrived at Belgium's borders during the past two days to try...
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EL SALVADOR: US PRESIDENT CLINTON VISIT
Eng/Spanish/Nat
U-S President Bill Clinton told the people of El Salvador that Washington wants to work in partnership with the Latin American state to repair the damage caused by Hurricane Mitch.
Arriving in the capital San Salvador,...
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Ana is a United States citizen who was born in El Salvador. After 20 years of living together in the US, her husband is now stuck on the Mexican side of the border. A federal law, criticized by the president, prohibits him from living with her.
HEADLINE: Separated couple awaits immigration law change
CAPTION: Ana is a United States citizen who was born in El Salvador. After 20 years of living together in the US, her husband is now stuck on the Mexican side of the border. A...
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Australian woman wrongly deported returns home
1. People coming out of elevator at airport dignitaries lounge then Vivian Alvarez, Filipino-born Australian citizen, is brought out on a wheelchair
2. Wide shot of Alvarez entourage
3. Alvarez being shielded from the press
4. Zoom into...
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More than 200 migrants on hunger strike, demand legalisation
1. Immigrants, with their bedding and belongings, inside room in Athens Law School
2. Various of immigrants raising their hands in a sign of victory
3. Close-up of immigrant
4. Mid of immigrants in sleeping bags
5. SOUNDBITE (Greek)...
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More than one million Afghan refugees registered in Pakistan
Karachi, Pakistan - 24 December, 2006
1. Various of Afghans waiting at Al Asif Square Afghan registration centre
2. Aghans queuing at registration counter
3. People queuing at registration counter
4. Afghan men
5. UNHCR (United...