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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9482

3 August 2007
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 25
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha/immigration
Joseph Daul calls for immediate resumption of Nautilus II operation

Brussels, 02/08/2007 (Agence Europe) - Through its leader, Joseph Daul, the EPP-ED group in the European Parliament has called for the FRONTEX Nautilus II operation combating illegal immigration in the Mediterranean to be resumed immediately. The operation, launched in early June in the Strait of Sicily, between Malta and Italy, ended last week. “It appears that the mission has been effective in reducing the number of arrivals in Malta, when one compares to the arrivals in the same period...