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Mr Frattini suggested that immigrants should be detained for not more than six months (Photo: © European Community, 2005)

MEPs campaign to close immigrant detention centres

Leftist MEPs have launched a campaign to close down all detention centres for illegal immigrants such as Lampedusa in Italy.

The campaign was launched on Tuesday (7 March) by Italian MEPs Giusto Catania and Luisa Morgantini on behalf of the European United Left / Nordic Green Left group in the European Parliament.

According to the MEPs the campaign will also include the majority of European NGO's that work with illegal immigrants.

Mr Catania said detention centres such as L...

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Mr Frattini suggested that immigrants should be detained for not more than six months (Photo: © European Community, 2005)

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