BY ERIC KING
The European Commission has proposed reforms to EU asylum rules, that imposes penalties on countries that refuse to take their share of asylum seekers.
The sanction will be one of €250,000 (£200,000; $290,000) per person.
The Commission intends to implement changes with the corporation of other member states. The UK and Ireland can opt out , and the British government has already indicated its exclusion from the arrangement of those proposals. The opt out option for the UK is reflective of the already pressurizing and deeply expressed discontent in relation to our boarders.
The EU already has a flagship scheme to redistribute 160,000 migrants around the continent, but has fulfilled only a small percentage of that figure since 2015 when the scheme was set. Under the new measures, countries receiving disproportionate numbers of asylum claims will be entitled to assistance, and this assistance will be imposed on countries with less asylum claims.
The setting of these reforms in the lead up to next month’s referendum, will set the atmosphere for the way the referendum is likely to go, especially with the emphasis being put on immigration issues that are in tune with the EU imposition, but unpopular with the views of those who want out. of EU
