With the adoption on 6 June 2007 of the Green Paper on the future of asylum
policy, the Commission had launched a wide debate on the shape of the Common
European Asylum System. 82 Contributions were received, from UNHCR, NGOs, Member
States' governments and the rest from Regions, National Parliaments, academic
and lawyers' networks, political parties, etc.
On 7 November 2007, a Public
Hearing was organised in Brussels to wind up debate on the written contributions
received. Vice-President Franco Frattini delivered a keynote address to open the
hearing.
As for future steps, following the analysis of the contributions to
the Green Paper, the public hearing and the evaluations of the existing
instruments, the Commission will adopt a Policy Plan in July 2008 detailing the
Commission's asylum work programme (both legislative and policy measures) for
the upcoming years.
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