Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think I've already tried to reply. It is not only a question of it being difficult, but also, as Ioana was saying, discrimination is a bit different from persecution. As a matter of fact, the Roma issue in Hungary is followed by other colleagues of ours. We cannot really pronou

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Before taking a decision...these are asylum seekers and not recognized refugees.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think there is a bit of mixing up of different categories of people. You have to imagine that the majority of people in Europe arrive by boat or at the border to claim asylum. The moment they even say the word “fear”, “persecution”, or “asylum”, they have to be allowed into a p

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's a very difficult question that you asked. I don't think we are here to comment on that. As you know, in the treaty of the European Union there are articles that allow action to be taken against a member state that is considered to be violating human rights in a constant, re

Citizenship and Immigration committee  —a member state from examining a claim. It's not obliged to refuse it.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In the European Union, examination of asylum applications is dealt with by member states' administration. We don't examine any applications; however, there are rules at the EU level, and for the moment there are also minimum standards on how you examine the application and on, le

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Families should be kept together.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The family should be kept together, whether they are just in reception or in detention. In general, families should not be put in detention.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  My name is Angela Martini. I work on borders, but I worked for many years on asylum. I would also like to underline one fact that you are aware of, Mr. Davies. Contrary to Canada, in Europe the vast majority of asylum seekers arrive by irregular means. The vast majority of asyl