The Czech EU presidency wants to keep so-called solidarity pledges by member states secret when it comes to EU asylum rules.
That desire for secrecy is detailed as part of proposals in an internal EU paper dated 29 September and will be presented and discussed later this month among EU interior ministers.
The secrecy also highlights the political pitfalls over asylum, following years of infighting among EU states on how to best divide and share out arrivals of those seeking protec...
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