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June 25, 2007 
EU to Boost Cooperation With Third Countries on Migration

Brussels
The European Commission launched Monday a 380 million euro programme to co-operate with third countries, including India, in the areas of migration and asylum for 2007-2013.

EU officials told journalists in Brussels that NGOs from third countries can now apply for the projects of the programme that will seek to support third countries in their efforts to ensure better management of migratory flows in all its dimensions, reported INEPNEXT.

"This programme is the visible expression that the Commission takes migration issues very seriously and considers it a priority in our relations and co-operation with third countries," said EU Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner in press statement.

The programme covers all the essential aspects of the migration phenomenon which includes protecting migrants against exploitation and exclusion, fighting illegal immigration and facilitating the readmission of illegal immigrants and promoting well-managed labour migration.

For the first four years (2007-10), the European Commission, the EU's executive, has allocated 16 million euro for the programme for the Southern and Eastern Asia and the Pacific region.

IANS | June 25, 2007  

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