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The migration pact: What's in the EU's landmark asylum reform?
Key takeaways
- Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) – A major reform of European migration rules aimed at hardening border procedures and overhauling the asylum process comes into force on Friday.
- Here is an overview of the main changes:
- Migrants irregularly entering the European Union will undergo identity and security checks in a process lasting up to seven days.
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Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) – A major reform of European migration rules aimed at hardening border procedures and overhauling the asylum process comes into force on Friday.
Migrants irregularly entering the EU will have their fingerprints taken under new rules coming into force on June 12 © Aris MESSINIS / AFP "For the first time we have a comprehensive European system," said the EU's migration chief Magnus Brunner, maintaining the reform would hand EU nations more control over comings and goings.
Here is an overview of the main changes:
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