EU to help guard an illegal door Wave of migrants to Canary Islands is causing alarm

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: May 25, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Renwick McLean
International Herald Tribune
05-25-2006
The Canary Islands are suddenly the outpost of Europe most at risk of experiencing an infusion of refugees from Africa, and the European Union is reacting with alarm.''Europe has to wake up and stop staring at its belly button,'' Miguel Becerra, a senior policy advisor for this region of the Spanish government, said in an interview. ''If Europe doesn't realize that this is a big problem and that it's going to get worse, we are going to be in real trouble.''The European Union announced late Tuesday that at least eight member states would ...

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