In 2015 the European Commission proposed a plan that called for for allocating asylum seekers across the EU, based on each country’s gross domestic product, unemployment rate, total population and the number of refugees already taken in by each country. The British government opposed the quotas and insisted that migrants who didn’t qualify for asylum should be sent back. “It’s important that people picked up in the Mediterranean can be taken back to Africa,” U.K. Home Secretary Theresa May told Sky News.
35% Yes |
65% No |
35% Yes |
65% No |
See how support for each position on “EU Migrant Quota” has changed over time for 82.3k UK voters.
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See how importance of “EU Migrant Quota” has changed over time for 82.3k UK voters.
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Unique answers from UK users whose views extended beyond the provided choices.
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Yes but it needs to consider the number of people per habitatable square km ready living in the country.
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No, the EU should abolish its supranational elements, reinstate border checks and 'EU' countries should only permit free movement by citizens of other 'EU' countries, subject to the approval of their own citizens.
@8SGJDBS3yrs3Y
Yes, but also be considerate and equal in the way of enforcing the quota and also the quota should be proportional to the amount a country can take without impacting the economy greatly. (In other words, take what they can sustain)
@8SG9YF53yrs3Y
Yes, but the migrants should have be incentivised to get employment.
@8SG4PBL3yrs3Y
Yes, until we decide to enact responsible foreign policy we should have to absorb peoples displaced by our actions.
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