Brussels is setting up a six-strong top-level working group to help come up with a "European model" on illegal immigration, as desperate Africans continue to wash up in Spain, Malta, Italy and Greece in unprecedented numbers.
Home affairs chief Franco Frattini will chair the team, which also comprises the five commissioners responsible for development, foreign affairs, EU regions, social policy and education policy to tackle the problem from as many angles as possible.
"A lasting ...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.