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Denmark to aid Malta illegal immigration problem
By MaltaMedia News
Mar 20, 2007 - 9:14:16 AM
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Denmark has responded positively to an EU request to
send support to overburdened border patrols in southern
Europe.
In fact
Integration minister, Rikke Hvilsh, gave her green light to
sending Danish police and public officials to countries such as Malta, Spain and Italy to
help battle the problem,
The Copenhagen Post reported.
“As a member of the Schengen Agreement we have a responsibility we
should not run away from,” Hvilsh told
Berlingske Tidende newspaper. 'These
forces protect the EU borders and by way of extension our own borders.'
Both Spain and Malta had asked Denmark for help with its immigration problems last year, and Denmark
offered the countries four asylum management experts from the Integration
Ministry and State Police. Malta agreed to take on one law enforcement official, while Spain
declined the offer.
Hvilsh said the Frontex Agency will allow a quicker dispatch of both
human and material support to the affected countries. She did not specify
concretely what assistance Denmark
would offer but said that Denmark
should report its participation to the other EU countries as quickly as
possible,
The Copenhagen Post reported.
Meanwhile while supporting his country’s participation, Andreas Kamm,
secretary general of the Danish Refugee Council stressed that assistance should
be humanitarian, not military.
Source:
The Copenhagen Post
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