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Report: EU to Propose Mandatory Migrant Settlement Quotas
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... will propose that countries share responsibility for housing thousands of refugees arriving in Europe from across the Mediterranean, The Times reported on Monday. European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday will propose a "mandatory migrant quota system" under which the EU's 28 member states will share responsibility for migrants during times of emergency, the British newspaper reported. "To ensure a fair and balanced participation of all member states to this common effort... the EU needs a permanent system for sharing the responsibility for large numbers of refugees and asylum seekers among member states," the proposal reads, according to the newspaper. The number of refugees sent to each country would be decided according to a "redistribution key" based on GDP, population size, unemployment rate and past numbers of asylum seekers, it added. Currently, asylum seekers are the responsibility of the country in which they first arrive, meaning countries close to migrant crossing routes such as Italia, Malta and Greece have complained of shouldering the bulk of Europe's refugee crisis. In addition, Juncker will propose the EU resettle an extra 20,000 asylum seekers identified by the United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... per year by 2020, The Times reported. Britannia's Home Office said the plans were unacceptable and that efforts should focus on stopping people traffickers. "The UK has a proud history of offering asylum to those who need it most, but we do not believe that a mandatory system of resettlement is the answer," a home office front man said. "We will oppose any EU Commission proposals to introduce a non-voluntary quota." The report follows a meeting by EU defense ministers in La Belle France to tackle the increasing flow of migrants making the perilous sea crossing from North Africa that has seen 5,000 people die in the last 18 months. The Times said the issue would be British Conservative leader  David Cameron... has stated that he is certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite,which means he's not. Since he is not deeply ideologicalhe lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger,but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ... 's "first battle" of his second term as prime minister, after an election in which over 12 percent of British people voted for the anti-EU, anti-immigration UK Independence Party. Under pressure from the eurosceptic wing of his own party, Cameron has promised to cut immigration to under 100,000 and re-negotiate the terms of Britannia's membership of the EU, before holding an in-out referendum by 2017. In an editorial, The Times said the plans "pose a direct threat to British membership of the European Union". "For David Cameron, now committed to a referendum on Britannia's very membership of the European Union, the timing is report laughably poor," it added. Posted by: trailing wife 2015-05-12 |
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