11.   Awareness of the problem of clandestine immigration has crystallised with the arrival in power of a government committed to raising the black population out of economic and social underdevelopment.

12.   British Home Secretary David Blunkett and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy met in Rome Thursday during a meeting of EU interior ministers on clandestine immigration.

13.   Clandestine immigration was a key issue in the election campaign that brought right-wing Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to power in June last year.

14.   Seen as an Eldorado by many Africans because of its economic strength, South Africa has launched a campaigh to crack down on clandestine immigration.

15.   Tensions mounted earlier this month after five ethnic Greeks were jailed on charges of spying for Athens, which retaliated by clamping down on clandestine Albanian immigration.

16.   The incident last week prompted authorities to declare a nationwide state of emergency to combat the growing problem of clandestine immigration.

17.   The incident on Monday prompted authorities to declare a nationwide state of emergency to combat the growing problem of clandestine immigration.