Commission Proposes to Facilitate the Application of the Safe Third Country Concept
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The EU Commission has presented a new proposal for more efficient asylum procedures and safe third countries. According to this, transit should be sufficient to apply the concept of a safe third country, which provides that asylum applications are inadmissible if applicants could receive effective protection in a third country. However, a link between the country concerned and the person must be established so far.This should now change. EU stat…
The text prepared in Brussels provides that transit from a country considered safe is sufficient to trigger the rapid expulsion procedure


According to a proposal by the European Commission, there will no longer have to be a link between the applicant and the safe third country concerned.
Commission proposes to facilitate the application of the safe third country concept
(Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission proposes rules that will facilitate Member States’ application of the safe third country concept. This will accelerate asylum processes and reduce pressure on asylum systems, while preserving the legal safeguards for applicants and ensuring respect of fundamental rights. The safe third country concept allows Member States to consi…
The concept of a safe third country allows Member States to consider an asylum application inadmissible when applicants could benefit from effective protection in a third country considered safe for them. To apply this concept, Union law currently requires competent asylum authorities to prove the existence of a link between the applicant and the safe third country concerned. Extended stays, family or personal ties..., there are several ways to …
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