A political agreement on the EU-wide asylum reforms was finally reached on Wednesday (20 December), following years of debates.
While hailed as a major breakthrough by some observers, the five bills that make up the core of the pact on migration and asylum have also drawn intense criticism from rights defenders.
"Moria is the reason we are developing this system," Margaritis Schinas, vice-president of the European Commission, told reporters in Brussels on Wednesday.
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