Brussels, 30/03/2004 (Agence Europe) - After long years of talks, the Council reached political agreement on Tuesday on the status of refugees and beneficiaries of alternative protection, which had been blocked until then by a German veto. Germany gained agreement that the rights of beneficiaries of alternative protection, which had previously had the agreement of fifteen, should be re-opened, and somewhat watered down. The directive lays down conditions to be fulfilled by third-country...