19.09.2012. BRUSSELS - MEPs have voted to reinforce asylum seekers' rights in the EU after four years of talks with member states.
The decision, which came in the civil liberties' committee on Wednesday (19 September) and which will become EU law if passed by plenary in December, concerns changes to the so-called Dublin II agreement.
"[It] will legally clarify member states' responsibility towards asylum seekers who relocate to Europe," said Swedish liberal Cecilia Wikstrom, who drafted the parliament's position.
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