At today’s Justice and Home Affairs Council in Brussels, ministers have agreed to place the European Asylum Support Office in Malta.
[se2009.eu] “For the Common European Asylum System to become a reality, practical cooperation is of the greatest importance. I am therefore very pleased that we have been able to reach an agreement which means that the Support Office can be set up as early as next year, and that it will be based in Valletta,” says Tobias Billström, Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy.
During the Swedish Presidency an agreement has reached between the Council and the European Parliament on the establishment of a European Asylum Support Office. This will enable the Support Office to be set up next year. The Support Office is to promote and improve practical cooperation in the area of asylum, support harmonisation efforts in the EU and facilitate work in national agencies. Ministers have today agreed that the support office will be located in Malta.
