Brussels, 28/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - Three years after negotiations started, the EU on 23 April laid the foundations of an agreement to harmonise its rules for escorting illegal immigrants back to its borders. This is a summary of the content of the compromise obtained between the Slovenian President and the rapporteur on the text, Manfred Weber (EPP-ED, Germany), at the third negotiation trialogue. The most controversial element of the text stipulates, amongst other things, that the...