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"The issue – which has had such tragic consequences – of the arrival in what are known as ‘old tubs’ of so many desperate people who come to try their luck in Europe, has resurfaced once again. The Thessaloniki European Council invited the Commission to examine the need to create new institutional mechanisms, including a possible European operational structure – I have just mentioned this – in order to enhance operational cooperation for the management of external borders. As I mentioned earlier, the aim is to approve the launch of a European agency specialised in this area at the December European Council. The Council recalls, furthermore, that, in the context of the plan for the management of external borders of the Member States of the European Union, some joint operations have already been put in place that seek to monitor and reduce illegal immigration via the sea.
A final progress report on the implementation of this plan for the management of external borders, with evaluations of the results, was presented in June 2003 and then forwarded to the Thessaloniki Council. On the basis of this experience and on the basis of the suggestions from the European Centre on risk analysis, measures are in place and new operations will be launched. Among these I would like to just focus on the project called ‘Neptune’ which only began in September 2003, just a few weeks ago. This operation involves implementing joint surveillance and monitoring operations in the central and eastern Mediterranean, and various Member States and accession countries are involved. This is – I would stress – just one important case to which I hope more will be added shortly.
Furthermore, I would like to draw Mrs Izquierdo Rojo’s attention to the importance of cooperation with countries of origin and transit. This issue is part of a broad, comprehensive approach to immigration that is balanced and integrated. We must make sure that we create conditions for development in countries of origin and transit that prevent the flow of desperate people from leaving for Europe. Particular attention, in this respect, was given to creating a network of liaison officers, to be formally approved by the end of 2003, whose job it will be, precisely, to create a support network for European initiatives to regulate the whole phenomenon of migration."@en1
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