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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12056

6 July 2018
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Migration
Parliament concerned at criminalisation of aid to migrants
Strasbourg, 05/07/2018 (Agence Europe)

On 5 July, the members of the European Parliament adopted by show of hands a non-binding resolution on the criminalisation of assistance provided to migrants, with Parliament calling for the EU to ensure that assisting migrants for humanitarian reasons cannot attract criminal penalties. The MEPs expressed their concern at the unforeseen consequences of European legislation on aid to migrants in an irregular situation, with certain countries - Hungary recently - having approved...

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
SECTORAL POLICIES
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COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
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