EU interior ministers meeting in Brussels on 9 December “moved” the debate on the Asylum Pact “forward” and may even agree to agree on the Eurodac regulation (the database for biometric data of asylum seekers and irregular migrants) before the end of the Slovenian Presidency of the EU Council, Slovenian Interior Minister Aleš Hojs reported after the meeting.
“The debate has evolved and I have the impression that a large majority of states are ready not to require a package...