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| European ministers discuss terror | European ministers discuss terror |
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| Tackling extremist ideas and finding ways to pre-empt terror attacks are being discussed as six European interior ministers meet in the UK. | |
| Home Secretary John Reid is hosting his counterparts from Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Poland for two days. | |
| The ministers are also due to discuss how to encourage dialogue with Muslim communities, international organised crime and illegal migration. | |
| The Home Office said the meeting would "explore how they can work together". | The Home Office said the meeting would "explore how they can work together". |
| The meeting at Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, is aimed at sharing ideas and "best practice" rather than taking concrete decisions, the spokesman said. | |
| On Thursday, the ministers will discuss how to shut off illegal immigration routes and how to work with unspecified third countries to control migration flows. | On Thursday, the ministers will discuss how to shut off illegal immigration routes and how to work with unspecified third countries to control migration flows. |
| They will also debate how to reduce the harm caused by organised crime, including value added tax (VAT) fraud and trafficking of drugs and people. | They will also debate how to reduce the harm caused by organised crime, including value added tax (VAT) fraud and trafficking of drugs and people. |
| Known as the G6, the group has no formal decision-making powers and is not an official body of the EU. | Known as the G6, the group has no formal decision-making powers and is not an official body of the EU. |
| But agreements on cross-border co-operation can be made between the six countries - which account for three-quarters of the EU's population - without needing EU approval. | But agreements on cross-border co-operation can be made between the six countries - which account for three-quarters of the EU's population - without needing EU approval. |
| Past attacks | Past attacks |
| The Madrid train bombings of 11 March 2004 claimed the lives of 191 people. | The Madrid train bombings of 11 March 2004 claimed the lives of 191 people. |
| And suicide bomb attacks in London on 7 July 2005 killed 52 people and injured hundreds of others. | And suicide bomb attacks in London on 7 July 2005 killed 52 people and injured hundreds of others. |
| The G6 meeting comes just days after counter-terrorism officials revealed their belief that al-Qaeda has become more organised and sophisticated and has made Britain its top target. | The G6 meeting comes just days after counter-terrorism officials revealed their belief that al-Qaeda has become more organised and sophisticated and has made Britain its top target. |
| They told the BBC that the network was now operating a cell structure in the UK - like the IRA did - and sees the 7 July bomb attacks "as just the beginning". | They told the BBC that the network was now operating a cell structure in the UK - like the IRA did - and sees the 7 July bomb attacks "as just the beginning". |
| The G6 group was established in 2003 - initially as G5 before Poland joined - and meets two to three times a year. | The G6 group was established in 2003 - initially as G5 before Poland joined - and meets two to three times a year. |