Immigration: creation of a liaison officers network. Initiative Greece

The European Parliament adopted its resolution drafted by Martine ROURE (PES, F) making some amendments to the Commission's proposals. (Please see the document dated 07/10/03.) Parliament specified that the Commission should request its delegations in the countries in which immigration originates to provide access to information on immigration for citizens of those countries, in cooperation with the embassies of the Member States, the authorities of the countries concerned and the immigration liaison officers. In addition, the officers should implement a common information policy aimed at making the local population aware of the existence of legal ways of immigrating and warning them of the dangers of illegal immigration and of slave-trafficking networks. �