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Legal Migration and the Follow-Up to the Green paper and on the Fight against Illegal Immigration

Document number
1069
Date
2005
Title
Legal Migration and the Follow-Up to the Green paper and on the Fight against Illegal Immigration
Author/publisher
Franco Frattini, Vice President of the European Commission, European Union
Availability
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Document type(s)
EU law, Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports,
Keywords
COM(2004) 811 final, Justice, Freedom and Security, Migrant rights; Irregular migration Economic migration, Labour exploitation; Human rights approach; Comprehensive approach to migration; Migration management; Treaty on European Union, European Commission’s Communication on Tampere, Free movement, European Union, Migration policy; Justice and Home Affairs,
Summary
Combating illegal migration is to be a key priority for the EU in the coming years as the migration pressure on the EU and especially its southern member States is high and increasing. Illegal migration from sub-Saharan Africa is on the rise seriously and is expected to increase even further in the coming years: sharp rise in African population, continued poverty, environmental degradation, increasing numbers of gangs that organize the trafficking and smuggling of human beings and continued conflicts are backing that assessment.
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