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EU seeks to relax rules on turning away asylum-seekers

TDT | Manama

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The EU on Tuesday unveiled plans to relax rules on sending asylum-seekers to third countries in the latest reform aimed at reducing migration to the bloc.

The European Commission said it proposed broadening the so-called "safe third country" concept, which allows member states to "consider an asylum application inadmissible when applicants could receive effective protection" elsewhere.