Immigration: Morocco, Algeria and Libya refused readmission agreements with the EU
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Morocco, Algeria and Libya refused readmission agreements with the EU
Relations between the EU and three countries of the Maghreb, Libya, Morocco and Algeria, have become "difficult", they refused to sign readmission agreements in the framework of partnership with the EU, has indicated, Tuesday, Mr. Jacques Barrot, European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs, responsible for the problems of immigration.
Readmission agreements enable the EU to refer in the country of origin or transit of illegal found in Europe.According to Jacques Barrot, the Maghreb countries should show "more firmness against the smugglers in order to fight against illegal immigration.
"The Maghreb countries should act brutally to get their hands on all the pharmacies of way, very often linked to organized crime and prostitution," said the Commissioner, who will travel this weekend to Lampedusa, l 'Italian island where landing the largest number of African illegal immigrants after they crossed the Mediterranean in boats fortune, endangering their lives.
Thereafter, he will travel to Malta, the island republic member of the European Union, which faces strong pressure from immigrants arrived illegally in the country after crossing the Mediterranean
In both islands, he will visit the centers for illegal immigrants and he is particularly interested in the plight of vulnerable people in this case women and children. For these people, it will check if the host respond "to the minimum compatible with human dignity."
Jacques Barrot is the origin of the creation of a European asylum support that it may send teams of three illegal immigrants in case of overflow of the reception services of a Member State.
Under the new provisions, the host country will not be necessarily the one who hears applications for political asylum, he said. So far, the asylum seeker arrived in a given country, is automatically returned in the European country in which he passed.
Citing the case of Morocco, he explained that Rabat refuses to sign a readmission agreement with Brussels to avoid having to accommodate Algerians have passed through its territory.
According to official reports, nearly 2 million illegal immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa including staying in Libya, awaiting an opportunity to get into the boat of fortune to reach Europe after crossing the Mediterranean
"The Maghreb countries should act brutally to get their hands on all the pharmacies of way, very often linked to organized crime and prostitution," said the Commissioner, who will travel this weekend to Lampedusa, l 'Italian island where landing the largest number of African illegal immigrants after they crossed the Mediterranean in boats fortune, endangering their lives.
Thereafter, he will travel to Malta, the island republic member of the European Union, which faces strong pressure from immigrants arrived illegally in the country after crossing the Mediterranean
In both islands, he will visit the centers for illegal immigrants and he is particularly interested in the plight of vulnerable people in this case women and children. For these people, it will check if the host respond "to the minimum compatible with human dignity."
Jacques Barrot is the origin of the creation of a European asylum support that it may send teams of three illegal immigrants in case of overflow of the reception services of a Member State.
Under the new provisions, the host country will not be necessarily the one who hears applications for political asylum, he said. So far, the asylum seeker arrived in a given country, is automatically returned in the European country in which he passed.
Citing the case of Morocco, he explained that Rabat refuses to sign a readmission agreement with Brussels to avoid having to accommodate Algerians have passed through its territory.
According to official reports, nearly 2 million illegal immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa including staying in Libya, awaiting an opportunity to get into the boat of fortune to reach Europe after crossing the Mediterranean
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