Landmark EU asylum reform goes to vote
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Brussels, Belgium: EU lawmakers will vote Wednesday on a vast overhaul of the bloc s asylum policies that would harden border procedures for irregular...
Brussels, Belgium: EU lawmakers will vote Wednesday on a vast overhaul of the bloc's asylum policies that would harden border procedures for irregular arrivals and require all member countries to pitch in.
The new Migration and Asylum Pact is a package of 10 laws drawn up after years of negotiations that aim to get European Union countries -- all with different national priorities -- to act together on the issue of migration, using the same rulebook.
If just one of the laws is rejected the whole package would fail -- though it is likely that would trigger last-minute haggling.
The European Parliament's main political groups have indicated they will back the package. Parties on the far right and far left, though, are against one or more of the laws.
Migrant charities and non-governmental organisations have also come out against the pact, seeing it as a bid to buttress "Fortress Europe" and make it much harder for refugees to seek protection.
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