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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10115
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/jha

MEPs call for EU funding for countries prepared to re-settle refugees

Brussels, 09/04/2010 (Agence Europe) - Member states of the EU which are prepared to receive refugees from third countries should receive up to €6,000 per resettled person out of the European Refugee Fund, the committee on civil liberties (Libe) of the European Parliament has suggested. The MEPs stated their position, on Thursday 8 April, in a guideline vote designed to send out a political signal prior to negotiations with the Council of Ministers, on the basis of a legislative report...

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