Strasbourg, 21/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, MEPs adopted the own initiative report by Herbert Pirker (EPP-ED, Austria) putting forward a series of recommendations to the Council and Commission ahead of the second phase of the European asylum system, which is due to be completed in 2010. The report is critical of the lack of harmonisation in current asylum policies and the obstacles which could hamper swift implementation of the second phase of the system. MEPs say that joint...