Cheryl Gillan
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(8 years ago)
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The Prime Minister
No, I have to say to the right hon. Gentleman that he should not believe everything he reads in the newspapers.
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham) (Con)
On migration, on 14 September in a communiqué to the Council the Commission said that we should establish a European travel information and authorisation system by November of this year. Greece is now objecting to the common European asylum system. Where does that leave the proposed agency?
The Prime Minister
I am happy to say to my right hon. Friend that the European Union has been looking for some time at the proposal for something that it has described as a smart borders system, looking at the model of the system used in the United States. That concerns the security of the EU’s external border. There is a separate issue, namely the arrangements in Greece relating to the asylum system. The Greek Government have made some changes to how they deal with asylum claims in response to the requirements of the EU-Turkey deal.