Asylum in the European Union
Asylum Surveillance Systems Launched in Greece without Data Safeguards
With money from the EU's pandemic-recovery fund, systems to monitor the movements of asylum seekers in Greece were designed and launched without basic data safeguards required under EU law.
Denmark Set to Deport Asylum Seekers outside Europe
Denmark's parliament on Thursday passed a law enabling the government to relocate asylum seekers to countries outside Europe, news wires reported. The move is seen as an apparent break with the EU's efforts to overhaul Europe's failed migration and asylum rules.
Moria 2.0 refugee camp in Lesvos (video of refugees in line)
Greece has borne the brunt of the refugee crisis from EU countries
EU nations on Med coast renew push for migrant quotas
The four European Union countries hardest hit by the arrival of hundreds of thousands of unauthorized migrants over the past five years said Thursday they fear that new proposals to revamp the EU's asylum system will continue to leave them shouldering most of the burden.
Government lays out changes to asylum system
Drastic changes to the asylum law are set out in the Citizens' Protection Ministry bill presented by Michalis Chrysochoidis to the cabinet on Monday which seeks to draw a clear distinction between migrants and refugees.
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Almost 800 people seek asylum in Romania in H1 2019
Almost 800 people asked Romania for international protection in the first half of 2019 according to the country's General Immigration Inspectorate (IGI).
More than 42,000 applied for asylum in Greece last year
More than 42,000 refugees sought asylum in Greece last year, according to the European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion, ESPON, whose statistics showed that a total of 204,718 refugees arrived in the European Union in 2017.
According to the network, 42,305 refugees applied for asylum in Greece after crossing from Turkey in 2017.
Switzerland refuses to take more asylum seekers from Italy, Greece
Switzerland has rejected a refugee relocation program proposed by the European Union to relieve the burden on frontier countries like Italy and Greece, local media reported on Sunday.
EU funds sought for migrants
As migrant numbers continue to swell, Greece has asked for European Union funding to create accommodation for newcomers, Kathimerini understands.
According to a source inside the Migration Policy Ministry, a response from the EU is expected in mid-June. The source did not specify an exact figure, saying, "We are still in the stage of negotiations with the EU."
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Budapest Strongly Objects to Fresh Proposal about Migration Drawn up by Bulgaria.
Jacopo Barigazzi, Politico - A new plan for reforming the EU's rules on asylum went down badly Tuesday, with Hungary accusing its authors of trying too hard to please Germany.
Bulgaria, which holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU, unveiled its new plan — seen by POLITICO — at a meeting of EU ambassadors, but Budapest was bitterly opposed.