Strasbourg, 14/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - The MEP Martine Roure (French Socialist), was "presently surprised" during her recent visit to the hosting centres of Ceuta and Melilla from 7 to 10 December. At a press conference in Strasbourg, Ms Roure said that unlike the Lampedusa camp, which is a "dreadful" detention Centre (EUROPE 9057), those of Ceuta and Melilla are "model hosting centres. They are received humanely, families are reunited, and immigrants have access to computers and Spanish lessons, and there is a communal television room...". When asked about the fences which have been erected around the Ceuta and Melilla centres and the violence this has caused, Ms Roure said that these barriers will continue to exist "until the European Union takes on a Community immigration and asylum policy based on the opening up of legal immigration channels and the definition of common standards to protect the fundamental rights of immigrants and asylum seekers". Further to the recent visit of an EP delegation to Libya (EUROPE 9085), the European Parliament will organise to further visits to detention centres in January 2006, in Malta and France.