EU vows to help with immigration

The European Commission intends to exert pressure on Turkey to honor a bilateral pact with Greece for the repatriation of illegal immigrants and to boost funding for Greek efforts to guard the EC’s southeastern flank but Athens must improve its system for processing asylum applications which is currently “unacceptable,” the EC’s Vice President Jacques Barrot said yesterday.
(01.07.09)   Kathimerini English Edition   ()
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