EU Immigration Policy

Articles:

20090426 -Aqrah

20090426 - Read it

20090218 - Shaping EU Policy

20081022 - Let them drown?

20081005 - Allura l-Patt narmuh?

20080720 - Kif innaqqsu l-immigranti

20080427 - Mill-ġdid l-immigrazzjoni quddiem il-Parlament Ewropew

20071121 - Immigrants may move on

20070715 - Minn wara l-kwinti

20060622 - Azzjoni Konkreta

20061104 - Nitkellmu b'vuci wahda

20060304 - Min qabbadhom jigu?

20051020 - It-Triq tar-Raguni

20050721 - Emergenza immigrazzjoni

20050111 - Land ahoy!

20041023 - Handling Illegal Immigration

Press Releases:

20090212 - MEP sets ball rolling for a Common European Immigration Policy

20090126 - MEP consults NGOs on a Common Immigration Policy

20081120 - Action on illegal immigration pre-requisite, says MEP

20080925 - MEP Simon Busuttil welcomes agreement on immigration pact

20080619 - MEP welcomes EU Return Directive

20080617 - MEP urges support for the Return Directive

20080513 - MEP welcomes new law which paves way for resettlement

20070927 - MEP pushes through changes in report on illegal immigration

20070510 - Simon Busuttil welcomes AFM officers at European Parliament

20070426 - MEP welcomes Border Intervention Teams

20070424 - MEP Simon Busuttil urges EU to rise to public expectations on illegal immigration 

20070420 - MEP calls on EU to move faster

20070413 - MEP to address Granada Conference

20061019 - Busuttil tells EU Governments not to relent

20050114 - MEPs support PM's call for inquiry

Speeches:

20081119 - Conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly qualified employment - Single application procedure for residence and work

20080523 - Annual report on the European Ombudsman's activities in 2007

20080617 - Common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals

20070711 - Presentation of the programme of the Portuguese presidency

20070620 - Decision-making in the common European asylum system

20070425 - Rapid Border Intervention Teams

20060927 - Freedom, security and justice - Immigration

20060403 - The refugee camps in Malta

20050927 - Procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status

Parliamentary Questions:

20080613 - Number of illegal crossings during first five months of 2008

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20080121 - Libya agreement on joint patrols

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20071106 - Readmission agreements with third countries

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20071106 - Article 13 of the Cotonou Agreement

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20071004 - Aid for Maltese non-governmental organisations in the field of immigration

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20071004 - Immigration: EU funds for capital expenditure

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Report:

Report on a Common Immigration Policy for Europe

Articles:

20090305- Proposta gdida, teatrini qodma

20091001- A dangerous road to tread

Press Releases:

20091130 - MEP welcomes establishment of Asylum Office in Malta

20090302 - MEP appointed EPP-ED spokesperson for European Asylum Support Office

Speeches:

20100420 - Establishment of a European Asylum Support Office (debate)

Articles:

20090225 - Attacking the cause

20080723 - Illegal employment is illegal

20071111 - Inwaqqfu x-xogħol bla permess

20071010 - Illegal employment ... is illegal

20070613 - Clamping down on illegal work

Press Releases:

20090219 - New law removes incentive for illegal immigration

20080924 - MEP tables 30 amendments on new law to combat illegal work

20080512 - EP sets ball rolling for law on illegal work

20071119 - Xoghol illegali huwa dejjem illegali

20071116 - Europe is no longer a place to work illegally, says MEP

20071010 - Illegal employment is illegal!

20070920 - MEP announces consultation process on illegal employment

20070620 - MEP appointed spokesman on new law on illegal work

Speeches:

20090203 - Sanctions against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals

Articles:

20081015 - Working together on immigration

20081005 - Allura l-Patt narmuh?

Press Releases:

20090703 - MEP welcomes pilot project for intra-EU burden sharing

20081214 - MEP welcomes proposed changes to Dublin Regulation

20081213 - MEP welcomes French announcement to take 80 refugees from Malta

20081110 - Commission to propose suspension of Dublin Regulation

20081015 - EPP-ED secures support for Southern Member States on immigration

20081008 - Busuttil amendment calling for Solidarity Mechanism adopted

20080831 - MEP calls for Dublin Regulation to include burden sharing

20080704 - MEP proposes burden sharing mechanism

20080507 - EU Discord Stalls Action on Illegal Immigration

20080424 - Stop hypocrisy on burden sharing, says MEP

20070606 - Il-piż ta' l-immigrazzjoni għandu jinqasam bejn kulħadd - Simon Busuttil MEP

20061130 - MEPs welcome new Commission package on immigration

20060927 - MEPs call for practical solidarity over immigration problem

20060704 - Immigrazzjoni illegali: Azzjoni Issa! Bosta MEPs tal-PPE jaghtu appogg lil Malta

20060621 - EU funds for Malta in the area of immigration

20060428 - EP Civil Liberties Committee adopts report on immigration situation in Malta

20051212 - Malta has its relevance in the EU

20050914 - Immigration - Peoples patience running thin

Speeches:

20090203 - Worrying situation in the retention centres for immigrants, especially in the islands of Mayotte and Lampedusa

20081217 - Draft general budget 2009 as modified by the Council  

20080901 - Evaluation of the Dublin system

20071104 - Question Time

20061218 - Meeting of the European Council of 14 and 15 December 2006 - Activities of the Finnish Presidency

20061213 - Preparation for the European Council

20060705 - Mutual information procedure Integration of immigrants in the European Union European Union immigration policy

20050607 - Legal and illegal migration and the integration of migrants

20050411 - Area of freedom, security and justice

20041013 - Future of the area of freedom, security and justice

Parliamentary Questions:

20090211 - Burden-sharing mechanism in the European Immigration and Asylum Pact

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20080425 - Malta's burden-sharing proposal

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20071217 - Compulsory Solidarity in Frontex through CRATE

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20071217 - Malta's burden-sharing proposal

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Articles:

20080423 - Operation Frontex

20071209 - Riżultati

20070923 - Mill-kliem ghall-fatti

20070503 - Pass zghir iehor 'il quddiem

20061018 - Concrete steps forward on immigration

20060622 - Azzjoni Konkreta

Press Releases:

20081221 - Frontex must be more effective, says EP

20081111 - EP Committee adopts report on Frontex

20080507 - EU Discord Stalls Action on Illegal Immigration

20080415 - MEP calls for immediate launch of Frontex mission

20071212 - MEP gives House of Lords evidence on Frontex

20071023 - MEP lists conditions for releasing Frontex budget

20071003 - EP Committee votes to double Frontex budget

20070927 - MEP pushes through changes in report on illegal immigration

20061129 - MEP calls for Border Patrols to Resume from Spring

20061019 - Busuttil tells EU Governments not to relent

20061018 - Concrete steps forward on immigration

Speeches:

20081217 - Draft general budget 2009 as modified by the Council

20081217 Evaluation and future development of FRONTEX EUROSUR 

20080423 - Illegal immigration, external action of the European Union and Frontex

20071211 - Draft general budget 2008 as modified by the Council

20071023 - 2008 draft general budget: Section III - 2008 draft general budget: Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX

20070926 - Immigration - Legal migration - Policy priorities in the fight against illegal immigration of third-country nationals

20070606 - Management of Europe's maritime borders - European Solidarity and protection of migrants' rights 

20070523 - Council Question Time

20061024 - Draft general budget for 2007 (Section III) - Draft general budget for 2007 (Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII)

20060904 - One-minute speeches on matters of political importance 

Parliamentary Questions:

20080613 - Frontex permanent missions

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20080613 - Impact of Frontex missions in the Mediterranean and Atlantic

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20080206 - Assets made available to the Frontex Toolbox

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20080411 - Illegal immigration, external action of the EU and Frontex

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20071217 - Compulsory Solidarity in Frontex through CRATE

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20071004 - Frontex toolbox

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20071004 - Frontex budget for 2008

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20070404 - Next Frontex border-patrol missions

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20070212 - Frontex and sea border patrols

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20060519 - EU funds for Malta in the area of immigration

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20060919 - Patrols tal-Fruntieri tal-Baħar

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Press Releases:

20061130 - MEPs welcome new Commission package on immigration

20060103 - MEP Presents views on the External Borders Fund for 2007-14

20060212 - EU-Libya co-operation on illegal immigration imperativeArticles:

20081210 - A visit to Senegal

20060928 - M'hemmx triq oħra

Press Releases:

20090212 - MEP welcomes EU Funds for Libya to combat illegal immigration

20081207 - MEP sees Senegal co-operation on the ground

20080415 - MEP calls for immediate launch of Frontex mission

20060221 -EU-Libya co-operation on illegal immigration imperative

20051212 - Malta has its relevance in the EU

2005119 - Illegal Immigration: EP to send delegation to Libya

20051027 - Immigration: Non-EU countries should shoulder responsibility

20050712 - EP Delegation to Libya

20050425 - MEP on official visit to Libya

Parliamentary Question:

20090211 - Burden-sharing mechanism in the European Immigration and Asylum Pact

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20060517 - EU-Libya relations

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