Brussels, 07/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - In Brussels on 7 December, the Home Affairs Council managed to secure a political agreement on the minimum standards concerning the procedure for granting and withdrawing the status of refugee in Member states and in conclusions, approved guidelines for following-up the work in view of the adoption of a new draft directive (see yesterday's EUROPE, p. 11). These guidelines concern: 1) the field of application and structure of the directive: it should...