Press Release: A single and fairer asylum procedure for a uniform status in the EU: putting in place the final building blocks for international protection

On 21 October 2009 the European Commission adopted proposals to amend two existing legislative instruments of the Common European Asylum System: the Directive on qualification and status of persons in need of international protection and the Directive on asylum procedures.

European Commission: MEMO/09/473: Questions and Answers on the Commission Proposal to amend the Asylum Procedures and the Qualification Directive http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/09/472&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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