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Asylum package: A step towards increased solidarity and responsibility

Today the European Parliament adopted several pieces of legislation which will mark a step towards completing and improving the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) – due to have been completed by 2012 following the Stockholm programme – …

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Asylum package: increased solidarity and responsibility

Today the European Parliament adopted several pieces of legislation which will mark a step towards completing and improving the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) – due to have been completed by 2012 following the Stockholm programme – …

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Prism Scandal: ALDE obtains a debate with Commission

Following the eruption of the Prism scandal in the US that, as also suggested by the latest declarations of President Obama, may affect all EU citizens’ data protection, today the ALDE President Guy Verhofstadt obtained the agreement of P…

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Unaccompanied minors: Member States must follow EU Court jurisprudence

The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled today that “The Member State responsible for examining an asylum application made in more than one Member State by an unaccompanied minor is the State in which the minor is present after ha…

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EU internal and external borders rules strengthened

Last night the European Parliament, Commission and Council reached an agreement on three major pieces of legislation within the framework of border management. Two of them lay down new Schengen governance rules by establishing an evaluati…

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New Schnegen rules strengthen EU borders

Last night the European Parliament, Commission and Council reached an agreement on three major pieces of legislation within the framework of border management. Two of them lay down new Schengen governance rules by establishing an evaluati…

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No EU PNR before Data Protection Rules are firmly in place

The majority of the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee rejected today the draft Directive on the use of airline Passenger Name Record data (PNR) within the EU, proposed by the Commission in February 2011. According to the AL…

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Minimum EU standards for asylum will end current lottery between Member States

The European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee confirmed today the agreement reached with Council on two pieces of legislation which are part of the EU Asylum package. One text updates the rules governing the functioning of a databas…

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Improved Schengen Information system finally fully operative

The European Commission announced that today the new generation of the Schengen Information System (SIS II) became fully operational.

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Unaccompanied Minors: finding the best reception practices

Nathalie Griesbeck (ALDE, Modem, France) has been leading a delegation from the European Parliament to the Netherlands this week to collect data and explore best practices for the reception of unaccompanied children in view of drafting it…

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