ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FILE TO COST EURO 80 MILLION.

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The planned European file designed to combat visa fraud and illegal immigration will cost the European Union Euro 80 million, according to a written response from Commissioner Antonio Vitorino to a question from Italian MEP Nelle Musumeci (Union for a Europe of Nations), published on September 10. The Commission presented a feasibility study in May on creating a file on tourism visas issued on entry into the Schengen area. Individuals on file would be identified in a foolproof fashion thanks to biometry, whereby biological characteristics like fingerprints, iris features...