Poland's government on Wednesday announced it have given a green light to plans for a limited amnesty for illegal immigrants living in the country.
In a statement, the government said it had approved a draft law covering individuals who have lived in Poland illegally since December 2007.
An estimated 5,500 people are expected to benefit from the amnesty law, which must still win the backing of parliament.
Under the planned legislation, they would be granted a two-year residence and work permit.Poland, a European Union nation of 38 million, is traditionally a source of emigrants rather than a destination.
LONDON: Asking prices for houses in England and Wales are likely to rise overall this year, British property website Rightmove forecast on Monday, scaling back earlier predictions for a steep fall in prices for the second half of the year.
Rightmove, which says its website is used to market almost 90% of homes for sale, predicted that house prices would finish the year with an annual gain of 2%, in contrast to its December forecast for a 2%-5% fall.
Rightmove said asking prices rose 0.6% in June after a 1.3% rise in May, reaching an average of 240,394, their highest level since an all-time peak of 242,500 struck in May 2008.
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Israel has approved the delivery to the Gaza Strip of materials to build 1,200 homes and 18 schools in UN-run projects, a defence official told AFP on Tuesday.
The decision came shortly before the scheduled departure of an international convoy seeking to breach Israel's naval blockade of Gaza and as Israeli officials argued that there is no humanitarian crisis there.
Major Guy Inbar, spokesman for the defense ministry department responsible for liaison with the Palestinian territories, said the materials would be consigned to the United Nations Relief and Welfare Agency, which cares for Palestinian refugees and is managing construction.
"What we approved for UNRWA was more big projects, the construction of 18 schools," Inbar told AFP.
"Also two big projects were approved for the building of about 1,200 housing units." The decision was greeted by UNRWA.
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