Migration, cross-border police cooperation and international divorce law will dominate a three-day long informal EU interior ministers' meeting in Germany's Dresden (14–16 January).
European justice and home affairs commissioner Franco Frattini urged member states to step-up their efforts in the fight against illegal immigration and strengthen Frontex, the bloc's border security agency.
"Frontex is going to write to member states to ask for their contribution. We need helicopters...
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