EU interior ministers on Thursday managed to forge a deal on a crucial piece of asylum legislation after years of wrangling.
The legislation sets out common EU rules on granting and withdrawing refugee status.
The deal was agreed only two days before the 1 May deadline and EU enlargement - narrowly avoiding the situation where the controversial issues would have had to be agreed on between 25 member states. <...
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