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EU set to pay governments €6,000 per migrant taken in from Mediterranean boat rescues (Photo: SOS Mediterranee)

EU to restrict refugee resettlement options

The EU wants to make it more difficult for people in need of international protection from ever reaching Europe by denying them options to 'resettle' - that is, leave UNHCR sites for the EU.

On Tuesday (24 July) it unveiled two concept papers, to create 'centres' in Europe and 'platforms' in Africa, as part of a wider effort to prevent people from taking boats to reach Italy and Spain.

That means, among other things, that "resettlement possibilities will not be available to all d...

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