The European Union unveiled proposals on Wednesday aimed at pushing its member states to resettle more refugees within its borders as a row flared between Brussels and the Italian government over its treatment of boat people.
The new proposals would enable Brussels to offer financial help to countries that resettle recognised refugees outside their borders, for example Iraqis in Jordan or Somalis in Kenya.
The aim of the proposal is to burnish the EU’s international image and to help stem the tide of illegal immigration by providing legal alternatives for at least some of those hoping to relocate to the EU.
The scheme would be voluntary for member states, as is the case in most policy areas relating to home affairs. Brussels is hoping a mix of incentive payments and peer pressure – EU members relocated fewer than 5,000 refugees last year, compared with about 60,000 in the US – will encourage take-up, but it has set no targets.
The move is a prelude to more ambitious plans by the EU to make its member states adopt common standards on asylum policy.
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