The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Brussels - European Union member states must follow strict rules if they want to forcibly repatriate illegal Afghan immigrants, the EU's justice commissioner said Thursday. Jacques Barrot was speaking a day after France controversially flew three ill...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Turkey and the European Union (EU) agreed to intensify cooperation to overcome the common problem on migration flow and to fight irregular migration, said a joint statement on Thursday. The statement was released after the meeting between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and visiting European Commission Vice President Jacques Barrot and Swedish Migration Minister Tobias Billstrom...
EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The Times , in the name of its witless hack Adam Sage , is telling is that Jacques Chirac, the former French president, has been ordered to stand trial for corruption in a case which has shed light on sleaze allegations from his time as Mayor of Paris. In what Sage describes as an" unprecedented move", an investigating magistrate said Mr Chirac, 76, should be tried over a so-called...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Brussels - Officials in Brussels on Wednesday called for common and fairer asylum rules within the European Union in order to offer refugees a higher level of protection. The proposals put forward by the bloc's top justice official, Jacques Barrot, a...
Time (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
... Union countries to introduce the same asylum procedures, rather than wildly varying standards. Jacques Barrot, the commission's vice president, said the changes aimed to offer "a more level playing field" to the huge numbers of people from Africa, Asia and elsewhere flooding into Europe. But as the crackdown on illegal immigrants has intensified, questions remain as to whether it...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
The Commission said on Wednesday that the new rules would standardize and speed up asylum procedures throughout the 27-member bloc, rendering each state equally attractive and spreading the burden more equally. "Asylum seekers should have the same chance of being accepted and rejected in all EU countries," Security and Justice Commissioner Jacques Barrot said in Brussels. Under the proposals,...
The Salted Slug (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
... removal of that ‘solution’ lest it reflect badly on them. But Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot defended the measure, saying that, while he was "aware of the inconvenience caused for passengers…events in recent months in the United Kingdom and in recent days in Denmark and Germany show that the terrorist threat in Europe remains real". He stressed...
The centre due to open on Wednesday (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
... with EU home affairs ministers in Brussels and then through a visit by EU Justice Commissioner Jacques Barrot to Tripoli. This article is for personal use only, and should not be distributed. Martin Randall Travel, a British operator now in its st year, made its name organising high end art and architecture tours and private music festivals. By the Academy of Ancient Music. Darren...
Refugee Resettlement Watch (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
... Malta’s burden”. [....] During a presentation to EU Justice Ministers last Monday, Commissioner Jacques Barrot said that out of the 26 member states invited to participate in the Malta pilot-project last July, only France, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Luxembourg and Lithuania replied favourably. He urged the other member states to follow their example as this was “a test of their...
