US EditionSafe Third Countries, the EU Council Has Reached Agreement
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EU member countries would be able to reject asylum applications if the applicants entered through a safe third country; for the first time, a common list of safe countries of origin had been drawn up to speed up the procedure.
The countries of the European Union (EU) reached an agreement this Monday on the Return Regulation, which will allow the creation of centres abroad to return migrants who do not have the right to remain in Community territory, an option that has ended up being imposed and to which Spain opposed. The regulation also facilitates returns without henceforth requiring a connection between the migrant and the country to which he is addressed. Today's …
Easier and faster returns, the green light to the hubs in the Safe Third Countries (whose list is widening). The EU Council approved the new regulation that reform European migration policies in a restrictive way. Not only is the concept of a so-called "safe" state reviewed, but also the circumstances in which an asylum application can be rejected because it is considered inadmissible. Contrari Spain, Greece, France and Portugal, but the qualifi…
The Council also approved the Regulation establishing a list of safe countries of origin at EU level
EU Council Agrees Controversial Asylum & Migration Rules
The European Council has reached agreement on a raft of policies, which will set the direction for the EU’s new asylum and migration system. The agreement between member states, reached on Monday, comes only six months after the European Council, … Read more Continue reading Clash over new EU plans for asylum and migration at The Brussels Morning Newspaper.
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