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Specifically, the EU interior ministers on Thursday in Luxembourg dealt with the distribution of asylum seekers in the European Union and preliminary examinations of asylum applications for people at the European external border with little chance of a right to stay. For the final text of the law, the EU states must now enter into negotiations with the EU Parliament.
In a public meeting, Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) described the result as a “good step forward”. Postscript: “But we also have to take further steps”. The current system doesn’t work, “it was and is necessary to improve it,” says Karner.
In view of the high number of asylum applications and the upcoming EU elections in June 2024, many EU countries pushed for a quick solution. However, the negotiations between the EU interior ministers proved difficult. Countries like Austria, Italy and Germany called for improvements on various points.
Once the agreement has been reached, negotiations with the EU Parliament can begin. A compromise for the entire asylum and migration pact, which provides for several regulations, is to be reached before the 2024 European elections.
Source: Nachrichten
