Unless rule forcing refugees to seek asylum in first secure country of arrival stays,UK may opt out of dispersal mechanism altogetherBritain is to lobby against plans by the European commission to scrap rules obliging refugees to seek asylum in the first country in which they arrive, according to Downing Street.
As the commission pledged to tackle problems with the existing mechanism, and David Cameron’s spokeswoman said the UK would seek to retain the principles of the so-called Dublin regulations on asylum seekers. But Britain would exercise its factual to opt out if the changes are introduced,on the grounds that it is another attempt by the commission to relocate refugees around the EU.
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Source: theguardian.com