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Similar relocation efforts, the so-called 'solidarity principle', in the past have seen the EU fracture among member states, leading to tensions and internal border controls (Photo: Stephen Ryan / IFRC)

EU to begin internal asylum relocations on 12 June

Asylum seekers reaching Europe's shores will start being relocated to other EU member states from 12 June next year, even as the bloc ramps up efforts to ship cases abroad and expedite deportations.

Where the new arrivals will be going, how many, and to which member state remains a secret, following an agreement among interior ministers in Brussels on Monday (...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Similar relocation efforts, the so-called 'solidarity principle', in the past have seen the EU fracture among member states, leading to tensions and internal border controls (Photo: Stephen Ryan / IFRC)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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