EU asylum system is ‘dysfunctional’

The UN's High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres considered the European Asylum System to be 'dysfucntional', during a conference in Stockholm (Sweden) on 3 February 2015.

The criticism came a day after the EU's border agency Frontex announced it had detected 2.5 times more irregular border-crossings in 2014 than in the year before.

• Primary Source

Reuters, 03.02.15: EU's asylum system dysfunctional, members must share responsibility - UNHCR http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/02/03/uk-eu-immigration-idUKKBN0L71S920150203

Council of Europe, 03.02.15: Syrian refugees: ‘Reset’ needed in Europe’s approach http://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/syrian-refugees-reset-needed-in-europe-s-approach

Frontex: News, 02.02.15: Latest Trends at external borders of the EU http://frontex.europa.eu/news/latest-trends-at-external-borders-of-the-eu-6Z3kpC

ESO: Background information: EU mulls quotas for refugees http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-mulls-quotas-for-refugees/

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

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