EU nations clash over immigration
EU ministers have expressed sharp differences over how to deal with an influx of illegal immigrants to Europe.
At talks in Finland, Spain's justice minister called for help to deal with the surge of mainly African migrants arriving in Spain's Canary Islands.
But Germany's interior minister said Madrid should not be calling for other people's money.
And Austria criticised Spain's decision to grant amnesty to some 500,000 undocumented foreigners in 2005.
About 24,000 illegal migrants have made the often perilous sea crossing from West Africa to the Canary Islands in the Atlantic this year.
Up to 3,000 of them are believed to have died during the journey.
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Europe has taken its fight to control the boatloads of African immigrants setting off for the Canary Islands to the coasts of western Africa.
Patrol boats, planes and helicopters from Spain, Italy, Portugal and Finland are operating off the shores of Mauritania, Senegal and Cape Verde in a bid to stop the immigration at source.
More @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5331896.stm
At talks in Finland, Spain's justice minister called for help to deal with the surge of mainly African migrants arriving in Spain's Canary Islands.
But Germany's interior minister said Madrid should not be calling for other people's money.
And Austria criticised Spain's decision to grant amnesty to some 500,000 undocumented foreigners in 2005.
About 24,000 illegal migrants have made the often perilous sea crossing from West Africa to the Canary Islands in the Atlantic this year.
Up to 3,000 of them are believed to have died during the journey.
More @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5369986.stm
Europe has taken its fight to control the boatloads of African immigrants setting off for the Canary Islands to the coasts of western Africa.
Patrol boats, planes and helicopters from Spain, Italy, Portugal and Finland are operating off the shores of Mauritania, Senegal and Cape Verde in a bid to stop the immigration at source.
More @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5331896.stm