MEPs spearheading a raft of reforms laid out their vision of a new EU-wide asylum system on Wednesday (19 April), prior to a European Parliament plenary vote granted the use of EU money to fund external border fences.
Financial support for the infrastructure of border fences was buried in an amendment tabled by the centre-right European People's Party on a European Commission budget report, and...
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Already a member? Login hereNikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.
Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.