(AFP) The failure of the European Union’s migration policy could not have been laid out more starkly — an already miserable camp burned and thousands of refugees homeless.
On Wednesday, two weeks after the destruction of the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, Brussels will launch its latest proposal for EU asylum policy.
Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson wants the 27 member states to share the burden of handling asylum claims from the migrants arrived on the bloc’s shores.
And this time, the proposed system won’t be voluntary — a tough concession for many member capitals to swallow.
“It’s obvious to everybody that ad hoc solidarity or voluntary solidarity is not enough. That has been proven for many years now,” she said.
