A future system could see the European Union centrally overseeing
asylum applications -- one of several ways proposed to prevent a repeat
of countries like Greece and Italy handling hugely disproportionate
numbers.
Britain will not join common EU asylum system - Cameron(Telegraph)
Britain would not join a possible EU common asylum system, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday, adding that his country would be affected by the migrant crisis even if it votes to leave the European Union in June.
"We
have an absolutely rock-solid opt-out from these things. There's no
prospect of Britain joining a common asylum process in Europe. We'll
have our own asylum approach, our own way of doing things, keeping our
borders," Cameron said on arriving for an EU-Turkey summit aimed at stemming the flow of migrants into Europe.
"Even
outside the EU, we would be affected by a migration crisis like this.
But at the end of the day we maintain our borders and our own way of
doing things because we have the best of both worlds," he continued.
Under
the EU's current asylum system, known as the Dublin rules and which
apply to Britain, individual EU countries must register and process
asylum claims on a national basis and that responsibility falls to the
first EU state a refugee enters.
A future system
could see the European Union centrally overseeing asylum applications --
one of several ways proposed to prevent a repeat of countries like Greece and Italy handling hugely disproportionate numbers.
There
are concerns in Britain that a revision to the Dublin rules could
deprive Britain of the right to deport asylum-seekers to the state where
they entered the EU. The EU executive is due to present proposals for
reforms of the system next week.
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