Dresden, 16/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - EU interior ministers debated immigration at length on Monday, without being able to define a genuine European action plan, however. Before the informal meeting in Dresden, it had been hoped that a “common pact” on migration could be agreed (see EUROPE 9342). The European Council of 14-15 December had set clear guidelines to be followed in the areas of legal and illegal immigration (see EUROPE 9329).
German Presidency tried to maintain aim of...