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Under the new rules, Tunisia would be considered a 'safe country' to deport aspiring asylum seekers to (Photo: Josephus Thomas)

Progressive MEPs attempt to scupper offshoring asylum bills

The progressive left in the European Parliament are hoping to scupper negotiations on new EU rules to outsource asylum.

The move, announced on Monday (15 December) evening by the Greens, the Left and the Socialists & Democrats follows acrimonious <...

Under the new rules, Tunisia would be considered a 'safe country' to deport aspiring asylum seekers to (Photo: Josephus Thomas)

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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.

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