Mexico has opened a second border facility in Mexicali to receive Mexican minors repatriated from the US. The facility will offer psychological, legal and social-worker support to help the minors during the ordeal of being returned to Mexico.  Officials say these facilities help the Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (Family Development, or DIF) get an exact count of how many minors are being repatriated.

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The oldest British immigrant to Israel, 100-year-old Simon Clyne, arrived in Israel on March 18, 2004.  Clyne left his London old-age home because of his “great attachment to Israel.”

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On March 19, the Belgian police arrested the star striker of the Flemish soccer club, Sint Truiden, for alleged people trafficking.  Truiden is suspected of smuggling fellow Rwandans into Belgium by claiming that they were members of his family.

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The Saudi Arabian Passports Department announced that Saudi passports issued before 2002 are now invalid everywhere.  The new electronically readable passports, which were first introduced two years ago, will continue to be issued free of charge unless the old passport has already expired.  Visas in the old passports are still valid, but travelers will have to present both passports.