Put up or pay up: EC wants to fine EU members €250,000 per refused refugee
Published time: 4 May, 2016 05:12Edited time: 4 May, 2016 12:11
EU member states could soon be charged hundreds of millions of euros for denying asylum to refugees if the European Commission has its way.
The scheme is considered one of the most contentious parts of the revision to the so-called Dublin asylum regulation, which allows northern EU countries to deport refugees to their port of first entry.
The €250,000 fine per refugee ($289,659) was reportedly agreed upon during Monday’s meeting.
However, the fine is not yet set in stone and could be subject to negotiation. “The size of the contribution may change, but the idea is to make it appear like a sanction,” an official familiar with the proposal told the Financial Times.
The commission’s goal is to redistribute the weight of the refugee…
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