UK advised to partake in migrant relocation
The UK has been advised to support the recent EU proposal to relocate the 40,000 third-world migrants over the next two years.
The European Commission has proposed a two-year scheme which would see the relocation of those migrants who have entered Greece and Italy in a desperate attempt to flee the humanitarian crises in their native countries of Syria, Iraq and Eritrea. The proposed migrant relocation scheme hinges upon Greece and Italy taking concrete steps to improve the screening and reception of migrants landing on their shores and would entail the distribution of these migrants to other EU member states.
The House of Lords EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee has recommended in a recent report that the UK government participates in relieving the suffering of the refugee migrants currently held in Greece and Italy.
The Prime Minister does not agree with this sentiment, however, and is refusing to opt in to this proposal.
Despite its conviction that the UK should play its part in the proposed scheme, the Committee has highlighted the unsatisfactory process which led to the proposal and therefore suggests that the European Commission produces an amended proposal which is based upon a voluntary relocation scheme.
It seems that although this proposal represents an important step towards alleviating the suffering of these refugee migrants, the EU is still a long way away from finding a solid solution.
