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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9930

27 June 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
Tension on immigration provides backdrop to Barrot visit to Greece

Brussels, 26/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - European Immigration Commissioner Jacques Barrot will travel to Athens on Monday 29 June for talks on illegal immigration with Greek leaders. He will also visit a number of detention centres, including the one on the island of Samos. His visit comes only a few days after the Greek parliament passed an amendment toughening rules on illegal immigration. The length of detentions for illegal immigrants will go up from three to six months before they are...

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