Brussels, 18/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 17 March, members of the European Parliament's civil liberties committee adopted the report by Sylvie Guillaume (S&D, France) on a proposal for recasting the 2005 directive on asylum procedures. The proposal in question, put forward in 2009, aims to introduce a single EU-wide procedure for granting and withdrawing international protection, including common safeguards for asylum seekers.
After a vote resulting in a very slim margin in favour...