US EditionMEPs Agree New EU-Wide List of 'Safe Countries'
The European Parliament passed a list of seven safe countries and a third-party system by 408 to 184 votes to harmonize EU asylum policies.
- Members of the European Parliament approved a new EU-wide list that would bar people from seeking asylum to the EU from Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, Kosovo, India, Morocco and Tunisia.
- In recent months, debates intensified over a safe-countries list amid a pronounced left-right split among MEPs, while some countries were already treated as safe under Ireland's asylum seeker system.
- In two separate European Parliament votes, 396-226 with 30 abstentions and 408-184 with 60 abstentions, lawmakers approved the safe countries list.
- Separately, MEPs approved a 'third parties' country system that could deem external nations hosting EU immigration hubs 'safe', with exceptions for individual personal circumstances.
- Notably, Ireland's 14 MEPs split: three Fine Gael MEPs voted in favour, five voted against, four abstained, and one was absent on a delegation to Bangladesh.
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