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Immigration

Immigration

Immigration is the introduction of people into a new population. Immigration allows an individual to leave one homeland for another in search of economic or political freedoms. In the United States, immigration has become a ''hot topic'' issue.

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About Immigration

Immigration occurs for many reasons; war, famine, disease, persecution and others all contribute to people immigrating to a new country. Most countries have laws that restrict the number of immigrants from entering the country from other countries. Nearly every country requires the governments permission to enter with a visa application.

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French Interior Minister Claude Gueant speaks to journalists after delivering a speech about figures of 2011 immigration to France at his ministry on January 10, 2012 in Paris. Gueant announced he wants to go back to 150,000 entries of foreigners living legally in France as in the 1990s.

PAJU, SOUTH KOREA - DECEMBER 26: Lee Hee-Ho (C), the 90-year-old widow of late South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung and Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-Eun (R) make a speech before their departure to North Korea at the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) office on December 26, 2011 in Paju, South Korea. Lee Hee-Ho and Hyun Jeong-Eun will lead a delegation of South Koreans to North Korea to mark their condolence following the death of Kim Jong-il.

President of French far-right party Front national (FN) and candidate for the 2012 French presidential election, Marine Le Pen, speaks during her first major campaign rally on December 11, 2011, in Metz, eastern France. Le Pen said earlier today her anti-immigration views and vows to leave the euro represent the 'silent majority' as her campaign for next year's presidential vote geared up, in an interview with the Sunday newspaper 'Le Journal du Dimanche'.

Refugees of Democratic Republic of Congo wait in front of the Immigration office after disembarking on December 5, 2011 in Brazzaville's harbour. The vast central African state is enduring a tense wait before the election commission announces the winner of the presidential race on December 6, a result the supreme court must then review and confirm by December 17. Fearing unrest around the announcement, more than 3,000 people have fled Kinshasa this weekend for Brazzaville, the capital of neighbouring Congo.

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