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The European Union’s lists of “safe countries”: a denial of the right of asylum

May 28, 2016 Human Rights Comments Off on The European Union’s lists of “safe countries”: a denial of the right of asylum

Mai 08.2016 On 30 May 2016, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) of the European Parliament will discuss the proposed amendments to the proposal for a regulation by the European Commission in September 2015 for the purpose of establishing an EU common list of “safe countries of origin”. Such a labelling implies that there should be, in principle no risk of persecution for asylum seekers and that the rule of law is respected in those countries.

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