The European Union is proposing to allow Poland, Latvia and Lithuania to consider applications for asylum at the border with Belarus under a simplified procedure, EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said on Wednesday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 01st December, 2021) The European Union is proposing to allow Poland, Latvia and Lithuania to consider applications for asylum at the border with Belarus under a simplified procedure, EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said on Wednesday.
"We are presenting a proposal based on the treaty Art.78(3) that has to be adopted by the council to give these three countries enough flexibility in dealing with this unprecedented situation with more migrants coming than they are used to and in ways that they are not used to," Johansson told a press conference.
