Big EU states criticised for secret meetings

Large EU member states have come under fire for holding regular meetings on immigration issues with little or no public information about the agenda or outcome of the discussions.

The British House of Lords' EU committee has published a scathing report slamming the lack of transparency at the meetings that have been taking place since 2003 and are attended by justice ministers from the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain and Poland.

The committee says that important decisions are re...