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EU to draft new immigration policy by October
Update :Monday, 8-24-2009
The European Union will issue new immigration policy proposals by the end of October, Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said on August 23.
"We will have a first proposal from the EU with regard to distribution criteria for immigration flows among the 27 (EU member states)," Mr Bildt said on the sidelines of a conference at the Italian seaside town of Rimini.
The foreign minister of Italy, a country where thousands of migrants land each year after perilous journeys across the Mediterranean from Africa, said earlier in the day the problem must not be left to countries on the bloc's edges.
On Thursday Italian authorities found a boat carrying five Eritrean migrants who said 73 others had died during the crossing.
Mr Bildt said the European Commission would issue a policy draft in time for a scheduled EU foreign ministers meeting at the end of October.
This would only be a first step, he said, since "such a big problem cannot be solved in a single meeting." Sweden assumed the 6-month EU presidency in July.
Italy has asked Malta to let it take over sea rescues in some Maltese waters, saying the tiny EU island state was incapable of doing the job properly. On Saturday Malta rejected the proposal.
Some 36,900 illegal immigrants arrived in Italy by boat last year, a rise of 75 percent from 2007, according to the Interior Ministry.
Reuters
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