In Strasbourg on the evening of Monday 12 December, members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE) approved new rules for Eurodac, the database of fingerprints of asylum seekers and irregular migrants.
As agreed with the EU Council in the joint roadmap on the ‘Pact on Migration and Asylum’ signed in September, this vote therefore paves the way for an initial trilogue with the Czech Presidency of the EU Council, on 15 December.
The text of the regulation,...