The European Council on Refugees and Exiles has published its assessment of the European Commission Proposal to recast the Qualification Directive. ECRE generally welcomes the proposal and acknowledges that it raises the standards of protection and constitutes a step forward in harmonising eligibility criteria for international protection and its content at EU level. ECRE particularly welcomes the alignment of rights granted to refugees and subsidiary protection beneficiaries and the amendments to the definition of a family member, the actors of protection and the internal actors of protection.
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