New initiative registered: ‘Ensuring a dignified reception of migrants in Europe'

On 22 February the Commission registered a European citizens' initiative titled ‘Ensuring a dignified reception of migrants in Europe'. 

It calls for developing a new system for the distribution of asylum seekers throughout the EU, based on their free will, while ensuring effective solidarity between Member States. It also calls for binding reception standards guaranteeing dignified living conditions for asylum seekers across the EU, for example in terms of food, health, housing, education and work.

This is the second initiative registered in 2023. Its organisers have six months now to choose the moment to start the collection of support.