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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9961

25 August 2009
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
Presidency promises new immigration proposals

Brussels, 24/08/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Sunday 23 August, the Swedish Presidency of the European Union promised further proposals on immigration by the end of October, in response to calls from calls from Italy, off whose coast the latest tragedy has cost 73 lives. “We will have a first proposal from the EU with regard to distribution criteria for immigration flows among the 27 (EU member states),” said Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt at the annual meeting of the Italian Catholic...