Teams set to tackle flood of migrants

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Series Details 20.7.06
Publication Date 20/07/2006
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Squads of border guards, interpreters and medics from across the EU could be swiftly deployed to member states overwhelmed by the arrival of illegal immigrants, under a plan unveiled by the European Commission 19 July 2006. The European Commission presented a proposal for a Regulation establishing a mechanism for the creation of Rapid Border Intervention Teams and amending the Regulation establishing the FRONTEX Agency ( Council Regulation (EC) No. 2007/2004) as regards that mechanism.
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European Commission: MEMO/06.297: Rapid reaction teams of border guards http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/297&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
BBC News, 20.7.06: EU plans emergency border squads http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5193116.stm
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