Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Brussels is inhibited to punish France for its migration policy

..- Brussels European Commissioner for Internal Affairs, Cecilia Malmstrom, said today that the Schengen agreement enables France to temporarily block "for reasons of public policy" train traffic from Italy and has said that a Europe without borders is not at risk. The head of the Interior of the European Commission (EC) has confirmed in a press conference that the French authorities have sent today to the EU executive a letter explaining its decision last week to temporarily suspend train traffic arriving from Italy , fearing a flood of migrants fleeing conflict in northern Africa.

"We explain that they decided for reasons of public order, which was only a temporary interruption and now traffic is operating normally. (...) It seems that this does not affect the regulation of Schengen Border Control and entitled to do, "stated the Commissioner. Malmstrom has urged France and Italy to resolve the dispute that has pitted them Rome's decision to grant more than 20,000 temporary residence permits to immigrants who came from Tunisia.

"I encourage both countries to stay in touch and try to resolve the conflict between them," stated Malmstrom. Moreover, said that despite the information contained in the press, ensuring that controls are being extended police at airports in countries like Belgium or Holland and other points of entry for immigrants, no country has informed the EC of the adoption of such measures.

Responsible for European Affairs, the situation created is not "to Schengen, an agreement was considered positive and whose disappearance would be" very dangerous "for the continent. Malmstrom recalled that the issue of illegal immigration from the southern Mediterranean will be discussed at the extraordinary meeting that the European interior ministers held in May and at the summit of Heads of State and Government of the EU on June 24 .

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