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Temporary agreements on disembarkation of migrants cannot replace a reform of Dublin Regulation, according to Mr Avramopoulos

Brussels, 17/09/2019 (Agence Europe)

The outgoing European Commissioner for Migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, defended, on Monday 16 September, before the members of the European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE), the summation of the Juncker Commission, which was marked from the outset by terrorism and the migration crisis. He called on the Von der Leyen team not to "start from scratch" on the delicate issue of the reform of the Dublin Regulation.

Not surprisingly, it was the migration issue that dominated his...