• Watch This VideoSpain said Saturday that it would send planes to scan the coast of Senegal for migrants trying to sail to Europe, in a bid to stem a flood of illegal immigration from Africa to its shores.
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The number of immigrants who came to Ireland in the 12 months to April 2006 is estimated to have been 86,900, the highest figure recorded since annual migration estimates began in 1987.
• Watch This VideoFrench interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy has criticized Spanish and Italian policies to regularize illegal immigrants, highlighting EU division over immigration on the same day as the European Commission president called for more unity.
On 07 September, Mr.
Almost 1,000 illegal immigrants have arrived in the Canary Islands in just over a day. The regional president on 06 September called the tide of African boat people Spain's worst humanitarian crisis since its Civil War. This is directly on the heels of over 1600 illegal immigrants arriving over the 02-03 September weekend.
On 05 September, the prime ministers of Spain and Italy agreed to present a migration proposal, along with France, to an informal European Union (EU) summit set for next month, the Spanish government said in a statement.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and his Italian counterpart Romano Prodi reached agreement on the joint proposal in a telephone conversation, according to the statement.
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The Italian Coast Guard rescued 200 illegal immigrants from a boat found adrift off the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, according to an official in Palermo.
The boat, about 15 meters, or 50 feet, long, had been spotted drifting about 75 kilometers, or 45 miles, from the coast, the official said. The rescue was complicated by the bad weather.