EU bids to stem migrant influx

Brussels plans a radical asylum overhaul which will shift sovereign control of asylum applications from individual states to the European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

Dublin III Regulation: Migrants can only seek asylum in first EU member state they enter and face deportation if they try to apply in another

Jean-Claude Juncker: Takes over as President of European Commission

Quota plan: Juncker presents controversial proposal for sharing out
40,000 refugees between EU members. €240 million plan will pay states up to €6,000 for each refugee. Plan opposed by France, Spain, Hungary, Slovakia and Estonia. Britain, Ireland and Denmark opt out

Mandatory quotas: EU leaders scrap Commission plan to impose compulsory quotas on distributing 60,000 refugees among member states. Plan fiercely opposed by UK, Poland, Hungary, Lithuania and Bulgaria. Immigration issues are decided by majority vote according to EU treaties

Dublin dropped: German Chancellor Angela Merkel suspends Dublin rule for Syrian refugees, triggering surge in asylum seekers

Relocation scheme: Juncker proposes plan to distribute 160,000 migrants from Greece and Italy throughout EU. Under proposal, Germany will accept 35,000 refugees, France 26,000 and Spain 16,000

Deal with Turkey: EU offers Turkey €3 billion in aid in return for clamping down on flow of migrants to Europe

Relocation failure: Just 4,237 places are made available, and only 272 migrants relocated under EU scheme

EU-Turkey summit: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu demands increase in €3bn EU aid package, fast-track visa privileges to Turkish citizens, and speed up of Ankara’s decade-long accession process to join EU

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German government reinstates Dublin rule

Sources: European Council, euobserver

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