brief

There have been a lot of EU proposals to cope with the perceived ‘refugee disaster’ in Europe over the past year. The newest batch, issued this week, are maybe probably the most important up to now. They concern three associated issues: visas (notably a short-time period Schengen visa waiver for Turkish nationals); Schengen (partly suspending the open borders rules for six months); and asylum (changing the Dublin system on responsibility for asylum seekers, and creating a brand new EU asylum agency). Further proposals on legal migration and other EU asylum laws are coming in the months forward.

Conclusion: Ask not …