Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Mediterranean and Social Issues" produced 16 items.
| 1. Migration proposal aims to help Mediterranean countries | May 19, 2011 |
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Commission to launch dialogue with the countries of the southern Mediterranean.
The European Commission is set to launch a “dialogue on migration, mobility and... |
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| 2. Europe's test in north Africa | May 6, 2011 |
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Europe needs policies that help train north Africans and allow them to circulate more freely between Europe and their home countries. Europe's reaction to the historic... |
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| 3. Frontex to help Italy deal with Tunisian migrants | February 17, 2011 |
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Thousands of Tunisians arrive on Italian island as Frontex prepares to launch second emergency operation. The European Union will launch a joint operation with the Italian... |
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| 4. France: Frontex summer operation was a failure | October 1, 2009 |
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Operation was intended to catch illegal immigrants off Malta. An EU-led operation to catch illegal immigrants off Malta this summer was a failure, according to a paper... | |
| 5. Sweden must handle with care | July 16, 2009 |
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Tobias Billström, Sweden's minister for migration and asylum policy, speaks of his plans and concerns. Migration is one of the most delicate policy areas handled... |
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| 6. EU set for thorny talks on asylum | June 3, 2009 |
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Commission will make new attempt to convince member states to help Italy and Malta handle claims for asylum. Immigration and asylum will top the agenda when EU interior... | |
| 7. Call for solidarity on immigration | May 20, 2009 |
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EU leaders are expected to respond to Italy's request for greater solidarity on immigration at their meeting in Brussels next month. Italy and other Mediterranean member... |
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| 8. Asylum reform moves up agenda | January 16, 2009 |
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Call by Mediterranean states for “urgent action” to them cope with asylum-seekers elicits promise of extra attention from Czech presidency. The Czech Republic has... | |
| 9. Frontex chief warns about failure to reduce migration | September 11, 2008 |
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Laitinen worried about ‘continuous pressure'; huge increase in arrivals in Italy and Malta. Increased EU patrols of the Mediterranean and Aegean are failing to prevent an... |
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| 10. Frontex in search for would-be immigrants | August 29, 2008 |
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The Italian news agency ANSA reports that 71 are feared missing. A Maltese fishing boat rescued eight survivors who were transferred to a Maltese naval ship that was taking... | |
| 11. Member states wrangle over immigrants rescued at sea | April 30, 2008 |
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Disagreement over responsibility; agency experts left in ‘stand-by mode'. Disagreements over who should be responsible for looking after rescued immigrants are delaying... |
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| 12. The deadly Mediterranean | October 11, 2007 |
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Stemming the wave of would-be migrants trying to enter Europe is proving an uphill struggle. Judith Crosbie reports. Migration has become one of the biggest points of... | |
| 13. Small EU states could get help to face African influx | July 5, 2007 |
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Member states are considering setting up a solidarity mechanism to help smaller EU countries faced with large flows of would-be immigrants coming from Africa. The idea of... | |
| 14. Migration | December 21, 2006 |
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Thousands of immigrants, mostly from west and north Africa arrived on Spain's Canary Islands, Malta and Italian territory in the Mediterranean, highlighting a problem with... | |
| 15. Mediterranean ministers meet in bid to tackle immigration crisis | September 28, 2006 |
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Ministers from the EU's eight most southern member states are meeting tomorrow (29 September) to discuss ideas to put to the rest of the EU on how to tackle illegal... | |
| 16. The clandestine problem on Europe's ‘African' island | May 12, 2005 |
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The tiny Italian island of Lampedusa – 200km from Sicily and 120km from Libya, and geographically a part of Africa – has become a contentious focal point for EU relations... | |
