EU lawmakers reinforce asylum seekers’ rights

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Series Details 19.9.12
Publication Date 19/09/2012
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The European Commission welcomed the orientation vote of the LIBE Committee of the European Parliament on the 19 September 2012 on the proposed amended Dublin Regulation and the Reception Conditions Directive.

A first reading vote was expected in a plenary session of the European Parliament in December 2012.

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Related Links
ESO: Background information: European refugee policy has failed http://www.europeansources.info/record/opinion-european-refugee-policy-has-failed/
ESO: Background information: Asylum case tests policy on borders http://www.europeansources.info/record/asylum-case-tests-policy-on-borders/
Website: European Asylum Support Office (EASO) http://easo.europa.eu/
European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/12/683: Statement by EU Commissioner Cecilia Malmström on the LIBE Committee orientation vote on the Dublin Regulation and the Reception Conditions Directive http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/12/683&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
EURLEX: Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 December 2008 laying down minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers (Recast) [COM(2008) 815 final – Not published in the Official Journal] http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52008PC0815:EN:NOT
EP: Press Release, 19.9.12: Asylum seekers: no transfers to EU countries unable to cope http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20120917IPR51500/html/Asylum-seekers-no-transfers-to-EU-countries-unable-to-cope

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