Parrots as a family are overwhelmingly neither migratory nor sedentary but considered to either be dispersive, irruptive, nomadic or undertake small and irregular migrations.

Criminal networks of sub-Saharan nationals in southern Algeria facilitate this irregular migration by arranging transportation, forged documents, and promises of employment.

Kiev had been asking for a "road map" to visa lifting including travel document security, irregular migration, public order and foreign relations.

Effective return safeguards the integrity of asylum policies and of regular immigration programmes and it acts as a deterrent to irregular migration.

Mr President, this morning and this summer has seen an unprecedented level of irregular migration across the Mediterranean into the European Union.

Frontex is not, and never will be, a panacea to all the problems caused by irregular migration.

The EU must make every effort to ensure that legal migration is promoted and that we combat irregular migration effectively.

It is therefore not an instrument designed to respond to the challenges related to irregular migration.

The objective must be to address the root causes of irregular migration.

Just a few migrants (between 10 and 15%) tries to head towards Europe facing control and repression policies adopted by any countries against irregular migration.