>The EU has agreed radical reforms of its migration and asylum laws including charges of €20,000 (£17,200) per head for member countries that refuse to host refugees.
>After almost 12 hours of intense negotiations in Luxembourg, and years of fighting, interior ministers struck a deal on Thursday on what they described as a “historical” new approach to what one politician described as an often “toxic topic”.
>Countries will be obliged to show a “connection” with the country that any migrant is transferred to, but this link can be defined by the member state, diplomats said.
>__This appears to give each country flexibility on whether they can return migrants to third countries that not every EU nation might agree is a safe haven.__
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>The EU has agreed radical reforms of its migration and asylum laws including charges of €20,000 (£17,200) per head for member countries that refuse to host refugees.
>After almost 12 hours of intense negotiations in Luxembourg, and years of fighting, interior ministers struck a deal on Thursday on what they described as a “historical” new approach to what one politician described as an often “toxic topic”.
>Countries will be obliged to show a “connection” with the country that any migrant is transferred to, but this link can be defined by the member state, diplomats said.
>__This appears to give each country flexibility on whether they can return migrants to third countries that not every EU nation might agree is a safe haven.__