BRUSSELS (Agencies) Europe offered a major trade boost to flood-ravaged Pakistan on Thursday, proposing to lift duties on 75 Pakistani imports as part of an aid-linked package designed to ease recovery from the catastrophe. The unilateral suspension of duties, available for the next three years, concerns goods accounting for 27 percent of Pakistans current imports to the EU. Lifting duties on the products, which include textiles, would result in an estimated increase of European Union imports from Pakistan to the tune of around 100 million euros, the EU said. European trade commissioner Karel De Gucht said the proposal will offer a real boost to Pakistans economic recovery while at the same time take into account sensitivities of EU industries, which are fearful of preferential treatment for Pakistans cheaper textiles. The EU said the products represented only a small portion of such goods imported from Pakistan, currently close to 15 billion euros (20.6 billion dollars). The package, suggested by Britain, will be presented for approval to member states and the European parliament in the next few days. Pakistans catastrophic floods have left 10 million people without shelter. European leaders last month said the severity of this crisis demands an immediate and substantial response, taking also into account the strategic importance of Pakistans development, security and stability in the region. They agreed to grant Pakistan increased market access to the EU and to promote Pakistans case to be granted special favours by the World Trade Organisation. There has been concern also that the disaster could promote extremism and fundamentalism in Pakistan. Meanwhile, European Union Interior Ministers on Thursday approved an agreement with Pakistan which will help allow the return of illegal migrants from either side. The EU is struggling to turn the tide of illegal migration, and has made cooperation with third countries one of its priorities. Interior ministers meeting in Luxembourg approved the agreement 'to establish, on the basis of reciprocity, rapid and effective procedures for the identification and safe and orderly return of illegal immigrants, an EU statement said. The agreement covers 'economic migrants, who have entered illegally in search of work, rejected asylum seekers and third-country nationals who illegally entered the EU through Pakistan, including those coming from war-torn Afghanistan. The approval by EU ministers came two weeks after the European Parliament gave its green light to the deal. Left-wing members of parliament criticized the agreement, saying Pakistan has not signed Geneva Convention on Refugees, which prevents governments from deporting people who could face torture in the state to which they are being sent. But EU officials insisted that rules of convention would still apply, since EU member states have all approved it. The agreement is expected to come into force on December 1 and cover migrants who enter either the EU or Pakistan illegally after that date. It covers all EU states except Denmark & Ireland, which under EU rules are allowed to opt out of justice cooperation deals.