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A 2009 EU elections poster. Romania plans to join the Schengen area in March 2011 (Photo: European Parliament)

France invites handful of ministers to 'immigration' summit

Paris has invited a handful of member states to an 'immigration' summit next month, amid strong controversy stirred by its high-profile deportation of scores of Roma back to Romania and Bulgaria.

The meeting is to take place in Paris on 6 September and is supposed to deal with the "general topic of immigration", EUobserver has learned.

The list of invitees includes interior ministers from Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK and Greece. The Canadians have also been invited, while the B...

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A 2009 EU elections poster. Romania plans to join the Schengen area in March 2011 (Photo: European Parliament)

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