Immigration security

EU must open safe legal routes to Europe to solve the refugee crisis

On 20 July the European Council under the new Luxembourg Presidency agreed on a draft decision establishing a temporary and exceptional relocation mechanism (“sharing the burden”) from “frontline states”, Italy and Greece, to other member states of persons in clear need of international protection (i.e. Syrians and Eritreans). 

European Union member states have only agreed to the relocation of 32,256 refugees instead of 40,000 as previously envisaged.