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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9962

26 August 2009
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
EU to present measures on immigration and asylum in September

Brussels, 25/08/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Union is to make new proposals on asylum policy in September, Swedish Immigration Minister Tobias Billström said on Monday 24 August. As reported by AFP, Billström said the resettlement project must be presented in September by Commission Vice-President Jacques Barrot. The joint EU resettlement programme, to be presented on 2 September in the form of a communication, aims at the transfer of refugees currently settled in third countries...