10 March 2015

European Commission plans asylum processing centres outside EU

The European Commission is expected to present a new policy paper on boat migration in the Mediterranean in which it proposes the establishment of third country processing centres in key transit countries. The intended centres would be used to process applications for asylum and refugee status and would be located in countries, such as Niger, Egypt, Turkey and Lebanon. (more…)

Source: The Guardian | Brussels plans migration centres outside EU to process asylum applications