European Union Establishes Information Sharing Network Relating To Immigration Law And Policy

The Council of the European Commission has adopted an agreement between Member States of the European Union to share and exchange information on national asylum and immigration policies.

The European Union is moving towards a fully integrated common asylum and immigration policy. This new agreement is that Member States will publish and share any changes in national domestic law which are to do with immigration and which are likely to have a significant impact on other Member States or on the European Union as a whole.

The information will be shared via a web-based network and there will be an annual report highlighting the most important changes in the individual Member States. The information sharing mechanism will be introduced at the end of October 2006.

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