Press Release: Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting, Brussels, 24 and 25 July 2008

Amongst items discussed: European Pact on Immigration and Asylum; Coonditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly qualified employment; Sanctions against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals; Reception of Iraqi refugees; European PNR; Cxbercrime; Eurojust; European Judicial Network in Criminal Matters; European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS); Jurisdiction and law applicable in matrimonial matters (ROME III);

ESO: Background information: EU urged to keep passenger data http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-urged-to-keep-passenger-data/

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