The European Parliament adopted by a large majority (505 votes in favour, 124 against, 55 abstentions), on Wednesday 10 February, its evaluation report on the 2013 Directive on asylum procedures, a Directive that the Pact on Migration and Asylum suggests should be replaced by a new Regulation.
In this own-initiative report by Germany’s Erik Marquardt (Greens/EFA) (see EUROPE B12634A12), MEPs stress that, while Member States have an obligation to prevent irregular crossings at the EU’s...