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Five Largest EU Countries Agree on Dealing with Illegal Immigrants
2005-07-06
Interior ministers of the five largest European Union countries have agreed to share the costs of organizing charter flights to send home illegal immigrants and help deal with human smuggling. French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy announced the accord after talks in the town of Evian with his counterparts from Britain, Germany, Italy and Spain. He said the five countries will charter aircraft which will stop in each of those countries to pick up illegal immigrants of the same nationality and return them to their countries of origin. He said the first flights will begin in a matter of days.
Mr. Sarkozy said the ministers also agreed on measures to deal with identity theft and the increasing trade in fake passports and identity documents. Illegal immigration, mostly from Africa and Asia, is a matter of growing concern for EU countries.
Posted by:Steve

#6  Well, see Europe's airport tarmacs, anyway. And even if the flight costs a bit, it's chaper than the cost of bugging them and tailing them to make sure they stay out of trouble.
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-07-06 23:00  

#5  See Europe in 24 hours.

Kewl! I'd do that for a free ticket home! I think Europe is deporting angry white Americans now.
Posted by: mmurray821   2005-07-06 16:12  

#4  Very considerate. Gives the immigrants a chance to see Berlin, Lomdon, Paris, Madrid and Rome before they go home. See Europe in 24 hours.

Disagree about the costs. Keeping and feeding them costs more in a month than the flight.
Posted by: True German Ally   2005-07-06 16:05  

#3  They screwed Luxembourg again. Looks like the Greyhound ticket will have to do for smaller EU members.
Posted by: Super Hose   2005-07-06 12:05  

#2  Charter flights?? They need ships to send back their illegals. Same here. We need to charter ships to send back the Brazilians and Central Americans streaming past our southern border.

It's a crime how these OTM (other than Mexicans) are caught by the Border Patrol and released with a promise to appear in immigration court. Word has gotten out in Latin America that our border is a flippin' joke. Catch and release! Like a fish.
Posted by: sameasiteverwas   2005-07-06 12:02  

#1   Give it a week and it will stop due to costs. Oh, even if it does work they'll have to stop it after the news reminds them that the Americans started the same thing with illegals first. We all know being goo EUro's they don't want to emulate anything America does even if it works.
Posted by: 98zulu   2005-07-06 11:47  

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