‘No more asylum tourism’ – Right-wing victory in Brussels as EU parliament votes to ease transfer of migrants to third countries (opens in new tab)

The European Parliament has approved new regulations to tighten EU migration and asylum policy, including the “safe third country” concept, with 396 MEPs in favor of the changes and 226 against. The rules will allow EU member states to deem asylum applications inadmissible if the applicant transited through a country deemed “safe” where they could have […]