UNHCR welcomes the planned establishment of the European Asylum Office in Malta
Brussels, 1 December 2009 – Following the announcement made on Monday at the Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, the UN refugee agency UNHCR welcomes the planned establishment of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) in Malta. UNHCR hopes that this new institution will promote and facilitate greater quality and consistency of asylum [...]
Justice and Home Affairs Council agreed on Stockholm Programme
A general agreement was reached on the substance in the Stockholm Programme, one of the main items discussed during the Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday.
UNHCR welcomes the proposal for a Joint EU Resettlement Programme
In September 2009, the European Commission presented its Communication proposing the establishment of a Joint EU Resettlement Programme. The Communication was accompanied by a proposal to amend the Decision on the European Refugee Fund (ERF Decision) regarding the funding of resettlement activities.
UNHCR welcomes the important step forward which the proposed Joint EU Resettlement Programme represents. [...]
UNHCR Director calls for improvements to EU asylum system
Volker Türk, Director of UNHCR’s Division for International Protection Services, called for improving the European Union’s asylum system in a UNHCR / Red Cross co-organised seminar in Stockholm on 3-4 November. Türk encouraged the EU to strenghten its common structures, to ensure better protection is available at entry points, and to help at the source [...]
Future of asylum in Europe discussed in UNHCR / Swedish Red Cross conference
UNHCR’s Regional Office for the Baltic and Nordic countries and the Swedish Red Cross co-organized a conference on 3-4 November in Stockholm on The Common European Asylum System: Future Challenges and Opportunities.
Swedish EU-Presidency 2009
This website is no longer updated. It was a UNHCR Stockholm initiative meant to facilitate the monitoring of refugee and asylum issues during Sweden's European Union Presidency 1 July – 31 December 2009.
