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The application of the proposed immigration policies would be voluntary (Photo: nobordernetwork)

EU to table new immigration rules in September

Brussels is finalising fresh proposals on European Union immigration policy, including a potentially controversial system of re-distributing refugees and asylum seekers among the 27 member states to lighten the workload of the bloc's border countries.

Both the re-location policy, which could see the transfer of people who land on the shores of Mediterranean countries to other EU states, and asylum policy reform, which could set quotas on the number of refugees for member states, are to ...

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The application of the proposed immigration policies would be voluntary (Photo: nobordernetwork)

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