EU plans to overhaul policy forcing nations to take in asylum seekers

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Currently, there are only limits on the application for refugee status in 'extraordinary situations', which didn't take the 'challenges' faced by EU governments into account, according to the report drafted by Poland.
44% : The EU is planning to overhaul a postwar policy that forces nations to take in asylum seekers.
44% : Millions of migrants illegally entered into EU countries during the Syrian refugee crisis in 2015 as they looked to find asylum, with requests having remained high since.
43% : The EU is planning to overhaul a postwar policy that forces nations to take in asylum seekers (pictured: migrants in Slovenia during the 2015 refugee crisis) File image of asylum seekers refugees at the application center in Ter Apel, Netherlands Read More Angela Merkel's fury as her own party teams up with 'far-right' AfD to tackle migration crisis There have been EU proposals of establishing centres outside of the EU for migrants waiting on a decision of their asylum application, but the convention is considered an obstacle.
39% : The paper, which was discussed by EU interior ministers last week, came prior to proposals to speed up deporting failed asylum seekers as well as those involved in crime.
28% : Plans for new rules allowing deportations and repatriation centres outside the EU are due to be challenged as a breach of the convention in court.

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