Press Release: Commission moves to strengthen practical co-operation between Member States on asylum management

In the Communication on Strengthened Practical Co-operation, adopted on 17 February 2006, the Commission presented its vision of how Member States should further co-operate on asylum with a view to the establishment of a fully harmonised EU system. The Communication set out a work programme for operational co-operation between Member States which should lead to improvements in the efficiency and the quality of their asylum systems.

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European Commission: PreLex: COM(2006) 67, Communication ... On strengthened practical cooperation, new structures, new approaches: improving the quality of decision making in the common European asylum system, 17.2.06 http://ec.europa.eu/prelex/detail_dossier.cfm?CL=en&ReqId=0&DocType=COM&DocYear=2006&DocNum=67

European Commission: Memo: MEMO/06/82, Common European asylum system, 17.2.06 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/82&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: DG Justice, Freedom and Security: Asylum http://ec.europa.eu/comm/justice_home/fsj/asylum/fsj_asylum_intro_en.htm

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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