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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11559

27 May 2016
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) jha
Relocation - Sweden authorised to postpone its hosting obligations for one year

Brussels, 26/05/2016 (Agence Europe) - On 26 May, the EP approved the Commission's proposal submitted at the end of 2015 allowing Sweden to postpone its obligation to relocate asylum seekers for the first year of the mechanism.

The mechanism has been devised over two years and this temporary derogation granted on Thursday will postpone, but not suspend, Sweden's obligations to host its share of the asylum seekers currently in Greece and Italy. In November, the Commission authorised Sweden...

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