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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9949
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EU steps up pressure on Ankara to address immigration problems

Brussels, 27/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Union is seeking to make it an obligation for Turkey to control its borders better, underlining it has a duty as a country applying for accession. “When I met the Turkish minister, I stressed the imperative conditions to be met by his country if the justice and home affairs chapter is to be opened during membership talks”, Immigration Commissioner Jacques Barrot said on 22 July. “Our neighbours have a three-fold duty: that of ensuring...

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