Provisional agreement reached on the new European Union Agency for Asylum

The European Parliament and the Council have found the provisional agreement to transform the European Asylum Support Office into a European Union Agency of Asylum

The regulation establishing the EU asylum agency aims to improve the application of asylum policy within the EU, by turning the current European asylum support office (EASO) into a fully-fledged agency. This agency will be responsible for improving the functioning of the common European asylum system, by providing enhanced operational and technical assistance to member states and by contributing to more convergence in the assessment of applications for international protection.
The provisional political agreement is subject to approval by the Council and the European Parliament before going through the formal adoption procedure.

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