Monday,
July 31, 2006
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ANNOTICO Report
Those
critics seem so uninformed, and do not realize that
But
even more important, the more popular points of entry are the Italian islands
of Pantelleria and Lampedusa, both islands are
closer to
Now
those EU partners criticize
It
is SO easy to criticize. My 10 year old grand nephew is a great critic. But
like the EU he never seems to offer any solutions. :)
EU might appeal to NATO to assist in the blockading of
EU Observer
By Honor Mahony
July
31, 2006
The European
Commission has issued a warning to
Justice commissioner Franco Frattini said that the
Italian authorities would have to check each one of the thousands of
applications for regularisation to make sure they
comply with EU law.
"I am asking the Interior Minister Giulio D'Amato to examine one by one the
350,000 requests for regularisation from immigrant
workers," said Mr Frattini
in
"Checks are needed to determine if these are fictitious demands or if they
effectively correspond to a work offer and lodging. Otherwise, European Union
sanctions are envisaged," he said.
Taking figures from a 2004 survey, the justice commissioner pointed out that
"
Mr Frattini's warning comes
after Rome last week announced that it intended to put in place a quota of
350,000 non-EU citizens who would be able to legalise
their status in Italy as well as regularising more
than 500,000 workers already in the country.
This is not the first time the EU has warned member states about these kinds of
moves.
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