Press Release: Vice President Frattini welcomes ‘major milestone’ on asylum in the EU

With the adoption of the Asylum Procedures Directive at the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Brussels, the EU on 1 December 2005 completed the first phase of the Common European Asylum System. This Directive, along with the other legislative instruments on asylum already adopted by the Council, was to guarantee a minimum level of protection and safeguards in all Member States for those genuinely in need of international protection while helping prevent fraudulent claims which undermine the credibility of asylum.

European Commission: DG Justice, Freedom and Security: Documentation Centre: Asylum http://ec.europa.eu/comm/justice_home/doc_centre/asylum/doc_asylum_intro_en.htm

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