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| <nettime> EU states "expel" 170,000 by air in 1999 |
EXCLUSIVE REPORT: EU STATES EXPEL 170,000 BY AIR IN 1999 According to a report by the Council of the European Union's Migration and Expulsion Working Party, 166,909 people were deported by plane from the member states and Norway during 1999. The UK, with over 45,000 air expulsions, accounts for for some 27% of the total. (The report did not consider expulsions carried out by other means - such as people expelled at the EU's borders with central and Eastern Europe.) Figures are given for each of the 15 member states, plus Iceland and Norway. Expulsions by air 1999: UK 45,100 Germany 32,233 Austria 20,207 Netherlands 12,204 Italy 12,036 Denmark 9,276 France 8,300 ... An analysis of the report is published today by Statewatch. It also considers the role of deportation "escorts" (immigration officials or police officers) in the member states, EU cooperation measures relating to expulsion, and group expulsions by charter flight. The extensive feature, which includes the EU's report and background information on expulsions is on the Statewatch website. <http://www.statewatch.org/news> EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT VOTES IN FAVOUR OF LEGAL ACTION OVER THE "SOLANA DECISION" ON PUBLIC ACCESS TO EU COUNCIL DOCUMENTS On Wednesday (13.9.00) the Legal Affairs and Internal Market Committee of the European Parliament voted in favour of an opinion to appeal to the Court of Justice against the "Solana/NATO Decision" of 26 July which re-wrote the code on public access. The EP initiative was passed by 13 votes to 10 with the Socialist Group (PSE) voting against. Extensive background and analysis of the development are also on the Statewatch website, which now includes an "Observatory on access to EU documents". Statewatch: Monitoring civil liberties in Europe PO Box 1516 London N16 0EW 0044-20-8802-1882 e-mail: [email protected] To receive news and announcements from Statewatch, simply send a blank message to [email protected] from your e-mail address. # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [email protected] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]