| Author (Corporate) | European Parliament |
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| Series Title | Press Release |
| Series Details | 17.09.15 |
| Publication Date | 17/09/2015 |
| Content Type | News |
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The European Parliament held a debate in plenary on 16 September 2015 regarding the outcome of the Home and Affairs Council on 14 September, which failed to reach an agreement on the relocation of refugees across the European Union. Members of the parliament strongly criticised the lack of agreement on relocating asylum seekers. They called on member states to stand together, take urgent action to tackle the current crisis, and build a European asylum and migration system that will work in the long term. Due to the existence of an agreement 'in principle' on the recolation of 120,000 refugees from Greece, Hungary and Italy, the European Parliament backed the European Commission's proposal without amending it through its urgency procedure on 17 September. The EP also informed the Council of the European Union that this approval is without prejudice to the position it would subsequently take on the proposal establishing a permanent crisis relocation mechanism, on which Parliament will co-decide on an equal footing with the member states. A meeting of the Home and Affairs Council was scheduled to take place on 22 September. |
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| Source Link | http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20150915IPR93259/ |
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| Subject Categories | Justice and Home Affairs |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
