SECTORAL POLICIES / Migration

European Parliament civil liberties committee concerned by Council strategy on 'Dublin' asylum reform

Brussels, 27/11/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 27 November, members of the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee questioned the Estonian Presidency about the work currently being undertaken at the Council of the EU on the “asylum package”.

MEPs are particularly concerned by the fact that member states have not reached an agreement of principle on the most controversial regulation in this package, namely, the so-called “Dublin” regulation on the asylum system. Reform of the system was proposed before the...