The first compromise of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU on the list of safe third countries of origin (SCO) (see EUROPE B13654A6, B13623A1) has raised a number of questions within the Member States, in particular regarding negative changes in situation in a country designated as a safe country of origin.
In April, the Commission presented this first list of official EU candidate countries, plus Egypt, India, Bangladesh, Tunisia, Morocco, Colombia and Kosovo. The aim was to...