Immigration policy will be key priority for Greek EU presidency, Dendias says

The adoption of measures to tackle illegal immigration will be key priority of Greece's Presidency of the European Union which starts in January 2014, Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias said on the 6 November 2013.

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