Last week, the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) repeated its demands to clamp down on irregular migration, during their congress in Valencia.
"We must drastically decrease the number of irregular migrants arriving in our countries," Friedrich Merz, the CDU soon-to-be German chancellor, told the audience.
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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.
Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.