European ministers meet on illegal immigrants in Florence
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Interior ministers from five leading European Union countries  gathered here to try to smooth out differences over how to tackle illegal immigration and strengthen cooperation in the fight against terrorism.
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Italy has summoned Libya's ambassador for talks on efforts to tackle illegal immigration after hundreds of arrivals on Italian shores at the weekend.
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Ministers from more than 50 EU and African countries have met in the Libyan capital for a two-day conference on migration flows and development.
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European Union ministers are meeting in Luxembourg to discuss a five-year plan for co-ordinating policies on asylum, immigration and cross-border security.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met with opposition officials Wednesday to plan a response to the kidnapping of two Italian women working in Baghdad.
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EU interior ministers began talks on Tuesday on how to deal with illegal migrants stranded at sea amid what Malta called a "free for all" among member states about who should take them in.
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Malta's Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi met with Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, officials here said, amid growing efforts by southern European countries to halt illegal immigration from Libya.
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The foreign ministers of Britain, France, Germany and Italy discussed the situation in Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo Saturday, at an informal meeting in Slovenia.
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Spain, the main gateway for illegal immigrants into the European Union, is proposing an amnesty for illicit workers at a time when other European capitals are calling for a crackdown to stem the flood.
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European Union ministers are expected to meet to discuss the so-called Hague Programme, which sets out a five year plan for closer asylum and immigration cooperation.
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French ministers have been holding emergency meetings to discuss how to respond to the kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq.
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Montenegro -- A European Parliament committee investigating interethnic incidents in Vojvodina is in Belgrade on Monday (31 January), meeting with Serbian government officials.
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Libya claimed to have repatriated up to 40,000 illegal immigrants and arrested several people traffickers as the Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi arrived in the capital Tripoli yesterday
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Police in Naples clashed with protestors over a mafia-linked rubbish disposal crisis on Monday as the Italian government convened an emergency meeting to try and resolve the row.
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Spain's prime minister is due to hold talks in Senegal which are expected to centre on the issue of illegal immigration.
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EU ministers are to discuss processing asylum seekers in camps outside the block, including north Africa.
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The Italian government has asked Malta to take back the 97 illegal immigrants who, it insists, were re-routed to Sicily early on Saturday morning.