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Some 7,000 Sub-Saharan immigrants arrived to the Canary Islands in the first five months of 2006 (Photo: Notat)

Commissioners divided over EU list of 'safe' countries

Brussels has failed to agree on a list of safe countries from which asylum claims can be dismissed and to which immigrants can be sent back automatically under a fast-track procedure.

The European Commission "decided to take a bit more time to complete the list and come back and take a decision in a couple of weeks," its spokeswoman told journalists on Wednesday (24 May).

The draft proposal by EU justice commissioner Franco Frattini debated by the college included seven states, a...

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Some 7,000 Sub-Saharan immigrants arrived to the Canary Islands in the first five months of 2006 (Photo: Notat)

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