The Hague Program Reflects New European Realities / Migration Information Source , Jan 2005

http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=276
Joanne van Selm
"Creating common immigration and asylum policies for the European Union has been and continues to be a long, slow process. It is full of milestones whose measurable impact can appear quite insignificant considering media coverage and public frustration on various aspects of migration-related issues."