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In 1999, the Tampere Summit adopted 2004 as a target date for the implementation of the common asylum policy. One has to say however that the objective set by the Fifteen is proving rather difficult to achieve. The number of texts and reports is growing, each proposing a new phase in the harmonisation of asylum law, but, at the end of the day, no consensus has been reached and no progress has been made! Only two projects have been approved so far, but even this was done reluctantly. Even the Seville Summit, which was supposed to be a milestone in combating illegal immigration, was a flop. The EU Member States have only managed to agree on the smallest issue and that is not to impose sanctions on countries producing illegal immigrants.
European documents on common asylum and immigration policy have become increasingly bogged down by the definition of refugee status, asylum policy, family reunion and allowing foreign workers in some economic and social sectors. Why has this happened? Quite simply because these areas deal with responsibilities that are specific to each Member State: the right, for each country, to manage its migratory flows and to implement its own immigration policy. Brussels is seeking to ‘communitise’ everything, but it is difficult for Member States to lose part of their sovereignty."@en1
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