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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9876

4 April 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/jha
Barrot presses member states to act on immigration in Mediterranean

Brussels, 03/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 1 April, European Justice, Freedom and Security Commissioner Jacques Barrot launched a fresh appeal to EU member states to stop the flood of immigrants crossing the Mediterranean. His call comes after 257 people, who had set sail from Libya on the previous Sunday to try to reach the European coast, lost their lives when their boat overturned off the Libyan coast. “We hope the events of the last few days will make all member states realise...

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