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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10478

21 October 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/jha
Asylum - United Kingdom will not participate in reception procedures and conditions directives

Brussels, 20/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - On 13 October, the British government announced that it would not be participating in the directives revised on 1 June by the Commission on reception conditions and procedures for asylum seekers, with regard to the granting and withdrawal of international protection.

The minister for immigration, Damian Green, declared in a press release that these two directives would restrict the British asylum system's ability to be “both fair and...

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