| Author (Corporate) | EurActiv |
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| Series Title | EurActiv |
| Series Details | 24.8.09 |
| Publication Date | 24/08/2009 |
| Content Type | News |
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EurActiv reports Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt as saying August 2009 that the European Union would issue new immigration policy proposals by the end of October 2009. As the EU Presidency country Sweden was responding to Italy's plea for more coordinated EU action. The European Commission presented proposals on the 2 September 2009. The European Commission proposed the establishment of a 'Joint EU Resettlement Programme'. This programme aimed to develop resettlement within the EU into a more effective instrument to give protection to refugees, providing for closer political and practical cooperation among EU Member States. The initiative would concern the resettlement of refugees from third countries to an EU Member State. Resettlement is the transfer of refugees, who have provisional protection, from the first country of asylum to another country, where they can start a new life and find permanent protection. The large majority of the refugees worldwide find themselves outside of the EU, in developing countries in Asia and Africa. Return to their country of origin is the preferred option for most of them. But for some of these refugees, particularly the vulnerable ones, this is no option. Resettlement is the only solution for them. |
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| Source Link | http://www.euractiv.com/socialeurope/tragedy-triggers-plans-new-eu-im-news-222336 |
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| Subject Categories | Justice and Home Affairs |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
