EU GREEN PAPER
April 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLSOCIAL care organisations have been asked to comment on a green paper issued by the European Commission, which calls for guidance over whether common European Union rules regarding the return of illegal immigrants to their home countries should be made binding on EU Member States.It is the latest in a long line of debates over the need for a harmonised approach to dealing with unauthorised residents, such as asylum seekers; Brussels is keen to avoid cases where applicants are shuttled from country to country until an EU government makes a firm ...
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