Sweden takes up the Presidency at a key moment for the future of refugee protection in the European Union. The “Stockholm Programme”, due to be adopted by the European Council in December 2009, will determine the course of EU law and policy on asylum and international protection from 2010 through 2014.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) urges the Swedish Presidency to use this opportunity to reassert the importance of ensuring that persons who need international protection can find it, both inside and outside the European Union. Other important goals in the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) field, including control of the Union’s external borders, the management of migration, and the prevention of security risks and of transnational crime should be pursued in a manner consistent with international refugee protection obligations. UNHCR appeals to the Presidency to take a rights-based approach to all of these issues.
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) urges the Swedish Presidency to use this opportunity to reassert the importance of ensuring that persons who need international protection can find it, both inside and outside the European Union. Other important goals in the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) field, including control of the Union’s external borders, the management of migration, and the prevention of security risks and of transnational crime should be pursued in a manner consistent with international refugee protection obligations. UNHCR appeals to the Presidency to take a rights-based approach to all of these issues.
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