Memo: A Common European Asylum System

Since 1999, the EU has been working to create a Common European Asylum System (CEAS) and improve the current legislative framework.

New EU rules have been agreed on 12 June 2013, setting out common high standards and stronger co-operation to ensure that asylum seekers are treated equally in an open and fair system – wherever they apply.

• Primary Source

European Commission: Rapid: MEMO/13/534: Commissioner Malmström welcomes the European Parliament's vote on the Common European Asylum System http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-534_en.htm

ESO: Background information: Final steps towards a Common European Asylum System http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-final-steps-towards-a-common-european-asylum-system/

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