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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9237

21 July 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 45
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/council/immigration
In face of huge influx of illegal immigrants, Council stresses maritime operational cooperation

Brussels, 20/07/2006 (Agence Europe) - At the start of the week more than 650 illegal immigrants were intercepted near Lampedusa and Sicily, and 250 illegal immigrants reached the Canaries. Against this background, EU foreign ministers at the general Affairs Council of 17 July again expressed their “concern” at the increase in illegal migratory flows in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, and, in their conclusions, underlined the need to address all aspects of this “serious...

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