Building a Europe of Asylum: UNHCR's Recommendations to France for its European Union Presidency (July - December 2008)

Publisher: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Publication Date: July 8, 2008

Publisher Website: http://www.unhcr.org/

Language: en

Category: Africa on the Move, Europe and Africa, International Organizations and Africa, Migration, Human Rights, Refugees and Displacement, Conflict, Peace and Security

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR or the Office) welcomes France's announced intention to devote particular attention during its Presidency to "building a Europe of asylum," and to define key understandings in a proposed "European Pact on Immigration and Asylum. UNHCR appreciates France's stated commitment to make sure that initiatives undertaken during its Presidency are coherent with the Commission's Policy Plan for the completion of the CEAS.8 The Office further commends France's intention to address the current disparities in Member States' treatment of asylum-seekers and their claims.

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