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EU Parliament Adopts Contentious Asylum Law Reform

par This Is Beirut, 10/04 22:14 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The EU parliament on Wednesday adopted a contentious reform of Europe's asylum policies that will harden border procedures and force all the bloc's 27 nations to share responsibility. The parliament's main political groups overcame opposition from far-right and far-left parties to pass the new migration and asylum pact -- a sweeping reform nearly ...

EU Approves Landmark Asylum System Overhaul

par This Is Beirut, 14/05 15:03 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The EU passed a major reform of its asylum system on Tuesday, which seeks to harden its border policies ahead of an expected right-wing surge in the upcoming European elections. The EU gave the final green light on Tuesday to a landmark overhaul of its migration and asylum policies that will see hardened borders and responsibility shared among ...

Venezuelan Opposition Leader Left to Spain for Asylum

par This Is Beirut, 08/09 11:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Venezuelan government said on Saturday that opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who disputed President Nicolas Maduro's July 28 reelection, has left the country to seek asylum in Spain. Gonzalez Urrutia had been in hiding for a month, ignoring three successive summons to appear before prosecutors, saying attending the hearing could ...

ECJ Finds Nationality And Gender Are "Sufficient" For EU Asylum

par This Is Beirut, 04/10 20:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Friday that nationality and gender are "sufficient" for an EU country to grant asylum to Afghan women, who have seen their rights stifled under Taliban rule. Since Taliban authorities seized power in Afghanistan in 2021, they have imposed an austere interpretation of Islam and progressively driven women ...

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