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Brussels alarm at porous borders

By Sarah Laitner, George Parker and Fidelius Schmid in Brussels

Published: July 17 2007 23:23 | Last updated: July 17 2007 23:23

People smugglers are turning the European Union’s south-east frontiers into a hotspot for illegal migration, the EU’s security chief has warned.

Franco Frattini, EU justice and security commissioner, said growing numbers of illegal migrants were arriving via the western Balkans or the Black Sea region from Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova.

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