JHA COUNCIL : NEW ACTION PLAN ON LEGAL IMMIGRATION.

While Europe's immigration ministers intend to make efforts in terms of legal migratory policy and the integration of migrants, for some, combating illegal immigration unequivocally remains at the top of the political agenda.

"The Lisbon Treaty is a new opportunity to render the EU more open, more effective and more democratic," said the Spanish Labour and Immigration Minister, Celestino Corbacho, during an informal meeting in Toledo, on 21 January. In particular, the Spanish EU Presidency announced the launch of an action plan on legal immigration. The idea is to set up a flexible and progressive policy, which will bring answers to the economic market demands of each member state while assuring global social cohesion.

Also on the agenda is a rapid resumption of negotiations on the directive relating to a single permit for...