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LUXEMBOURG (ANP) – Further negotiations will take place in the near future. The European Distribution Law stipulates annually which countries must take in how many asylum seekers from another EU country. Especially countries like Italy and Greece, where many migrants enter the EU, want other countries to take in asylum seekers from them.
Countries like the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, and Finland believe that a European Distribution Law can only come into effect if the Dublin rules are adhered to. These rules state that the country where an asylum seeker enters the EU and applies for asylum is responsible for processing that application. Italy and Greece hardly comply with this. The consequence is that asylum seekers travel to other EU countries to apply for asylum there.
“Part of the solidarity is that Dublin needs to work,” said Dutch Minister David van Weel (Asylum). According to Van Weel, Italy and Greece are compensated through that solidarity pool, via money, aid, or the taking in of asylum seekers. “This should also be matched by properly implementing Dublin.”
Belgium and Germany also believe that a solidarity pool cannot be established as long as the Dublin system is not functioning.
Among others, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Finland will buy out the obligation to take in asylum seekers from other member states. For each asylum seeker that a country must take in from the European Commission, 20,000 euros must be paid.
(October 14, 2025)