Posted on 09/22/2020 5:31:43 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz warned Tuesday against any attempt to force EU countries to take in asylum-seekers as the European Commission prepared to unveil a new strategy for handling migration to the bloc.
Speaking to AFP in an exclusive interview, Kurz alluded to previous efforts by the European Commission to introduce mandatory quotas for refugees for all EU members, which were rejected by many eastern and central European countries.
"We find that the distribution in Europe (of asylum seekers) has failed and many states reject this. It won't work like this," the 34-year-old conservative leader said.
On Wednesday, Brussels will launch its latest proposal for EU asylum policy.
Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson wants the 27 member states to share the burden of handling asylum claims from migrants who arrive mostly on the bloc's southern shores in Greece, Italy and Spain.
She has again raised the idea of mandatory sharing, though this might not mean resettling refugees around the bloc, but rather forcing all states to contribute to the system -- by helping with efforts to return failed asylum seekers, for example.
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The Pension Storm Is Coming To Europe -- It May Be The End ...
www.forbes.com/sites/johnmauldin/2017/10/03/the-pension-storm-is-coming-to-europe-it-may-be-the-end-of-europe-as-we-know-it/
Oct 3, 2017The Wall Street Journal recently did a rather bleak report on public pension funds in Europe. Quoting: ... And unlike most European financial problems, this isn't a north-south issue. Austria ...
Notice how nobody — NOT ONE LEADER — has proposed sending them ALL back to Africa.
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