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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9843
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha

Barrot wants to strengthen right of asylum everywhere in EU

Brussels, 18/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - European countries must improve their asylum procedures in order to increase the chances of those who seek it obtaining international protection, European Justice, Liberty and Security Commissioner Jacques Barrot said on Wednesday 18 February. “Today, in some member states, it is difficult to get protection under the Geneva Convention,” he said. “We have to avoid the situation where there are member states where asylum policy is too weak,” he...

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