In “particularly positive atmosphere” the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) passed today the new legislation on the management of crises in the field of Immigration and Asylum, according to the relevant announcement of the ND MEP, Eliza Vozeberg-Bryonidis, who is member of the Commission and rapporteur of the negotiations on behalf of the European People’s Party.

Specifically, as stated, “This is a huge success for Greeceas with Mrs. Vosenberg’s proposal, which initially met with strong reactions, the new European Regulation introduces for the first time the measure of the mandatory relocation of asylum seekers throughout the EU for the benefit of the Member States of first reception”.

The MEP, immediately after the end of the vote, declared “satisfied with the outcome of the demanding negotiations which were finally supported by the broad majority of the European Parliament”.

Ms. Woseberg’s full statement reads as follows:

“The Migration and Asylum Crisis Management Regulation is part of the new European Pact on Migration, which we had the pleasure to vote on today in the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, after many months of difficult negotiations .

It is the first time we have amended compulsory relocation across the EU in times of crisis, as the ultimate expression of solidarity to ease the migrant burden on frontline Member States. The EPP firmly supports a common immigration and asylum system capable of responding to current and future migration crises and global migration trends.

The proposed legislation ensures a fair sharing of responsibility between EU Member States, while protecting the rights of asylum seekers and beneficiaries of international protection. The new mechanism provides temporary rules derogating from the Border Procedures Regulation and the Asylum and Migration Management Regulation in exceptional cases as a result of mass and sudden arrivals, by land or sea, that render national reception and asylum systems inoperable.”