Brussels, 29/03/2004 (Agence Europe) - Twelve of the biggest refugee and civil liberty defence organisations are calling on the European Commission to withdraw its draft directive on harmonising procedures for processing asylum requests (which is on the agenda of Tuesday's Justice and Home Affairs Council). The NGOs say the text, constantly altered in negotiations with Member States, is stuffed with derogations and measures left to Member States' discretion and in its current form is...