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Mr President, the June European Council in Seville was particularly important to the debate on combating illegal immigration, establishing deadlines for the implementation of the most significant operational measures in this fight laid down in the global plan proposed by the Commission and adopted by the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 28 February 2002.
Of particular importance to the Canary Islands is the recent effort made to contain illegal immigration by sea. The Justice and Home Affairs Council asked the Commission to undertake a viability study on this matter, in order to work out how to improve monitoring of the European Union’s maritime borders. The main objective of this study will be to provide an exhaustive analysis of the legislative and/or operational measures to adopt. The results of the study will be available at the beginning of 2003. It should also be pointed out that the Community is supporting various projects in third countries, intended to combat illegal immigration. Of particular interest to the Canary Islands is the major programme designed to assist the Moroccan authorities in better controlling their maritime borders on both the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts.
The Community has contributed EUR 40 million of funding to this objective, to which the Moroccan authorities will add a further amount. It should, furthermore, be mentioned that the Justice and Home Affairs Council of 13 June approved an integrated approach in this field, which means that all the relevant instruments of the European Union’s external relations structure will be used. It has been decided to implement a series of operational measures, including systematic cooperation and joint investigation teams to fight against organised trafficking and contraband networks.
The Danish Presidency attaches particular importance to progress in the field of illegal immigration with regard to relations with third countries and to repatriation policy. This will certainly help to speed up the implementation of future measures in this area."@en1
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