Member state in the bloc’s south express ‘surprise’ at France’s plan to strike a bilateral migration deal with the UK, as Brussels demands legal reassurances.
“There are more battles to come,” conservative MEP Charlie Weimers noted, observing that the decision would prevent effective border control and enshrine migrant quotas in the new Asylum and Immigration Pact.
Legal bottlenecks allow migrants to apply for asylum in multiple member states, but the Commission promises that the problem will be addressed in the upcoming Immigration and Asylum Pact.
