Brussels, 06/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - European Immigration Commissioner Jacques Barrot, on Wednesday 4 February, welcomed the broad support given by the European Parliament (EP) on the directive introducing sanctions against employers of illegal immigrants. The EP, which, on Wednesday approved the amendments to the text, will adopt its formal position on first reading in Brussels on 18-19 February (see EUROPE 9833). “I am very glad to see that, on such a sensitive and complex issue, the...