LONDON, March 25, 2008 (AFP) - Thousands of French workers are leaving home, where ambition is often stifled by poor prospects or discrimination, to benefit from the flexible job market in London hailed by President Nicolas Sarkozy, who arrives here Wednesday.

JAKARTA, March 21, 2008 (AFP) - Denied food and cooped up for two months as a virtual prisoner in northern Iraq, Indonesian migrant worker Darmiati said she was a victim of abuse that started even before she left her country.

A recruitment agency in Indonesia told the 22-year-old it could get her a job in Iraq despite the fact that tests showed she had Hepatitis B.

OAXACA, Mexico, March 20, 2008 (AFP) - The weakening US economy and dollar are already having a direct impact in Latin America, where millions of people rely on remittances from relatives in the United States, according to figures and families.

DAKAR, March 12, 2008 (AFP) - Migration from the world's poorest nations to the rich West is going to increase and could be speeded up by climate change, a top international agency chief has warned.

GENEVA, March 11, 2008 (AFP) - A United Nations expert warned Tuesday of the 'worrying trend' of illegal immigrants routinely detained in prison, often for years, without the possibility of legal redress.

CAPE TOWN, Feb 28, 2008 (AFP) - Africa and Europe must work together against uncontrolled migration, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday, warning of the economic and social burden being placed on host countries.

MIAMI, Feb 22, 2008 (AFP) - US authorities do not predict a fresh wave of Cuban migration amid political power-shifts on the communist island, but say they are on guard, after a string of regional migration crises.

BRUSSELS, Feb 13, 2008 (AFP) - The European Commission forged ahead with efforts Wednesday to fortify Europe's borders to the outside world, including plans to collect fingerprints and photographs from foreigners entering the EU.

LONDON, Jan 29, 2008 (AFP) - Iraq football national Nashat Akram accused the British interior ministry of double standards by denying him a visa that would have made him the first Iraqi to play in England's Premier League, in comments published Wednesday.

SOFIA, Jan 27, 2008 (AFP) - Some 14,000 Macedonians and 11,000 Moldovans of Bulgarian origin were granted a Bulgarian passport over the last six years, Bulgaria's Vice President Angel Marin announced Sunday.

The boom in applications was due to the visa-free travel opportunities afforded by Bulgarian citizenship after the country entered the European Union in 2007, he said.