EU reaches asylum deal that rights groups say will create ‘cruel system’
Guardian 20 december
Plan is aimed at spreading cost of hosting asylum seekers across bloc and limiting number of arrivals
EU negotiators have reached agreement on rules aimed at spreading the cost and responsibility for hosting asylum seekers across the bloc, limiting the number of people coming in and making it easier to deport those whose claims fail.
Formal agreement on all 10 points of the plan, the outline of which was initially hammered out by interior ministers earlier this year after overcoming opposition from Hungary and Poland, must be reached by February, officials and MEPs have said.
Guardian 20 december
Plan is aimed at spreading cost of hosting asylum seekers across bloc and limiting number of arrivals
EU negotiators have reached agreement on rules aimed at spreading the cost and responsibility for hosting asylum seekers across the bloc, limiting the number of people coming in and making it easier to deport those whose claims fail.
Formal agreement on all 10 points of the plan, the outline of which was initially hammered out by interior ministers earlier this year after overcoming opposition from Hungary and Poland, must be reached by February, officials and MEPs have said.
