Asylum policy - how does the EU define a country of origin as safe?

March 9
5 mins

Episode Description

Soon, asylum seekers from Bangladesh or Egypt, could see their asylum applications in the EU automatically rejected.

This is what the new regulations on safe countries of origin and safe third countries, adopted in February, provide for.

On what criteria does the EU base its decision to classify a country as safe? And are these criteria foolproof?


Production: By Europod, in co-production with the Sphera network.


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