Brussels, 04/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - Every day, a number of member states of the Union are faced with arrivals of immigrants from outside the Community, who must be hosted under conditions which can be extremely difficult. This is notably the case with the islands of Mayotte and Lampedusa, which were the subject of a debate at the European Parliament.
The president-in-exercise of the Council, Czech Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra, began the debate by acknowledging that the pressure...