On Tuesday 7 March, the European Parliament's rapporteur on reform of the European asylum System, Cecilia Wikström (ALDE, Sweden), proposed that member states with misgivings about this reform were given a five-year transitional period for taking in refugees. The question of access to structural funds will also be posed if these countries persist in refusing to take in asylum seekers.
During a press conference, the Swedish MEP introduced some important changes to the draft revision of the...