The European Commission proposed a plan for member states to share the responsibility for asylum seekers under a “compulsory solidarity mechanism.” It is likely to trigger a heated debate over what is one of the bloc’s most politically sensitive issues. The European Union must agree on a system to handle migrants over the long term, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said upon announcing the plan. “Migration is complex, the old system to deal with it in Europe no longer works,” she said. The EU’s migration system has come under increasing pressure in recent years, with bottlenecks forming at external borders and nations trading barbs over responsibility. Member states who do not want to volunteer to house more migrants could instead take charge of deporting rejected asylum seekers. The plan comes on the heels of a devastating fire at the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, which left around 12,000 people homeless and put EU migration policy under the spotlight. “We need to find sustainable solutions on migration,” said von der Leyen. “Moria is a stark reminder.” Ahead of the proposal, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration on Tuesday urged the EU to respect the fundamental right to seek asylum. It claimed the bloc’s current approach is “unworkable, untenable and often carries devastating human consequences.” The pact could come into effect by 2023, but still faces approval by the European Parliament. In a 450-page proposal, the EU’s executive body set forth five new and amended regulations, some of which address the screening of asylum seekers and crisis situations. The most contentious element of the plan would impose a legal obligation on each member state to host an assigned number of refugees and help in other ways under “mandatory solidarity.” In return, each state would receive €10,000 ($11,750) per adult taken in, funded from the bloc’s budget. The Commission previously said that solidarity can mean not just taking migrants in, but also, for example, sending medical supplies or equipment where it is needed. Screenings could relate to checking for arrivals who are unwell, or for people who have been classified as a security risk. It could also mean subjecting migrants to a preliminary assessment to exclude those who allegedly have no basis for an asylum claim, as Germany has proposed. Five years after the 2015 migration crisis forced European countries to reckon with new waves of asylum seekers, annual “irregular arrivals ” are down to 140,000 a year. However, EU members remain deeply divided on how to manage asylum procedures. EU leaders have often touted bloc-wide solidarity, but have never made it mandatory as proposed in Wednesday’s plan. Countries such as Hungary, the Czech Republic and Austria have consistently opposed any measure to force countries to take in refugees.
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