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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11322

28 May 2015
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SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: States asked to take 40,000 asylum seekers as soon as possible

Brussels, 27/05/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 27 May, the European Commission said that it intended to apply the emergency resettlement mechanism for 40,000 asylum seekers. This will apply to those who have arrived on Italian and Greek shores since 15 April and not just future arrivals, as was previously indicated (see EUROPE 11321).

This important clarification was made on Wednesday morning at the College of Commissioners, said a source. Dimitris Avramopoulos and Frans Timmermans...