Europe's international airports were more vulnerable to illegal immigration than its land borders, an EU meeting in Rome on curbing immigration was told today.
Spain's interior minister Mr Mariano Rajoy said 4,500 illegal immigrants had been arrested at 25 European airports over a recent one-month period.
He said most of the illegal immigrants entering Europe via airports were Chinese, followed by Equadorian, Angolan, Brazilian, Nigerian and Senegalese.
Mr Rajoy was introducing a survey of airports in the 15 EU member states as well as Norway, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Latvia, carried out over one month from April 24th.
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The most popular destination airports were Dublin, Paris, London and Madrid, according to the study.
AFP