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Other member states have been won over to much of France's hard line on immigration. (Photo: AFM)

EU won over to France's hard line on immigration and asylum

EU interior ministers have thrown their weight behind French-drafted proposals that aim to give the 27-nation bloc new tools to crack down on clandestine migrants, rejecting concerns that they are erecting a wall around Europe.

"We can't leave immigration in complete disorder, it has to be organized," EU home affairs commissioner Jacques Barrot said on Monday (7 July), after a first informal meeting of 27 EU interior ministers under the French EU presidency.

"It is necessary to ha...

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Other member states have been won over to much of France's hard line on immigration. (Photo: AFM)

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