Agreement: asylum procedures to be tightened

Asylum procedures in the EU are to be significantly tightened in view of the problems with illegal migration. At a meeting of interior ministers in Luxembourg on Thursday, a sufficiently large majority of member states voted in favor of comprehensive reform plans, according to the Swedish presidency. In particular, they provide for a significantly more rigid approach to migrants without prospects of staying.

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