Europe told to open borders for 20m Asian and African workers
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"Europe told to open borders for 20m Asian and African workers By Andrew Bounds in Brussels Published: September 13 2007 03:00 | Last updated: September 13 2007 03:00 Europe must relax its immigration controls and open the door to an extra 20m workers during the next two decades, the European Union's justice chief will say today. Franco Frattini, justice commissioner, is to tell the bloc's immigration ministers in Lisbon that the EU should stop erecting barriers and instead build safe pathways for Africans and Asians who risk their lives heading to the continent to find a job."
"Europe told to open borders for 20m Asian and African workers By Andrew Bounds in Brussels Published: September 13 2007 03:00 | Last updated: September 13 2007 03:00 Europe must relax its immigration controls and open the door to an extra 20m workers during the next two decades, the European Union's justice chief will say today. Franco Frattini, justice commissioner, is to tell the bloc's immigration ministers in Lisbon that the EU should stop erecting barriers and instead build safe pathways for Africans and Asians who risk their lives heading to the continent to find a job."
