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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9440
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha/immigration

Member States have not kept their promises of help to Frontex, says Mr Frattini

Brussels, 06/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - The member states which had promised to provide the equipment necessary to launch maritime patrols in the Mediterranean have not kept their word, said the commissioner for immigration, Franco Frattini, on Tuesday. “The urgency is clear”, he thundered. The member states had committed in writing to provide a substantial number of vessels, aircraft, helicopters and other surveillance equipment in order to start patrols to discourage illegal immigrants...

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