Lena Düpont (EPP, German), the European Parliament’s rapporteur on the revision of the Asylum Procedures Regulation and the Safe Third Country (STC) concept, presented a set of compromise amendments in early November, with a view to a vote in the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties in early December (see EUROPE B13740A10).
As a reminder, the revision of the Safe Third Country (STC) concept makes it optional for a connection criterion to be taken into account when returning a...