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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10637
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Asylum protection up in 2011

Brussels, 19/06/2012 (Agence Europe) - According to Eurostat statistics published on Tuesday 19 June, the day before World Refugee Day, EU member states granted protection to 84,100 asylum seekers in 2011 compared with 75,800 in 2010. The largest groups of beneficiaries of protection status in the EU27 were citizens of Afghanistan (13,300 persons or 16% of the total number of persons granted protection status), Iraq (9,000 or 11%) and Somalia (8,900 or 11%). In 2011, the highest number of...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Greeks' “yes” vote for the euro will not, alone, solve Greece's problem. - Europe must not give in to international condemnation
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) GREECE: Juncker says more time may be granted
(AE) SPAIN: Bank bailout will increase public debt
(AE) G20: IMF to boost funds by US$456 billion
(AE) ECONOMY: Bundesbank opposes redemption fund idea
(AE) ECONOMY: Russia may give aid to Cyprus this week
(AE) ECONOMY:
(AE) COMPETITION:
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Commission wants to tackle people smuggling in EU
(AE) JHA: Turkey - possibility of reactivating talks on visas and migrant entry
(AE) JHA: EP collaboration with Denmark is good despite Schengen
(AE) JHA: Cyprus quizzed by Amnesty International over migrants
(AE) JHA: Asylum protection up in 2011
(AE) TRANSPORT: Recast of rail package agreed in principle
(AE) TRANSPORT: MEPs seek legal clarification on gigaliners
(AE) TRANSPORT: EP sets 2015 deadline for eCall
(AE) TRANSPORT:
(AE) WOMEN: Gender and climate indicators at Thursday's Council
(AE) WOMEN: Women in the boardroom
(AE) AGRICULTURE: EP firming up position on CAP reform
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Olive oil, labelling, restructuring and marketing
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Milk prices going down but no reason to panic
(AE) ENERGY: another step towards enhanced EU-TUrkey cooperation
(AE) ENERGY: EIB loan for electricity connection between Spain and France
SOCIAL
(AE) SOCIAL: National employment policies under scrutiny at EPSCO Council
(AE) SOCIAL: ETUC calls for Commission action on musculoskeletal disorders
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) SYRIA: Ashton “gravely concerned” by escalating violence
(AE) NIGERIA: EU wants those responsible for violence to be punished
(AE) TRADE: Further setback in Parliament
(AE) TRADE: De Gucht argues for integration in ASEAN region
BUSINESS NEWS
(AE) Asia: