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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7973

30 May 2001
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/internal affairs
Political agreement on draft directive on temporary protection in case of massive inflow of displaced persons - other Council results

Brussels, 29/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 28 May, after five hours of discussions, the EU internal affairs ministers reached a political agreement on the proposal of directive relating to temporary protection in the event of a massive inflow of displaced persons. "This is a real breakthrough, a first step forward in action aimed at setting in place a common asylum regime in the EU", it was stated by President Maj-Inger Klingvall and Commissioner Antonio Vitorino at the close of...

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