The scheme is aimed at easing pressure on EU border nations that are often the first port of call for asylum-seekers.
Under the mechanism, Germany was due to receive 3,500 asylum-seekers who had first sought refuge in Italy. Photo: AP Archive
The voluntary scheme is aimed at easing pressure on EU border nations that are often the first port of call for migrants. "Given the currently high migratory pressure on Germany, the ongoing suspension of Dublin transfers by some member states, including Italy, reinforces the major challenges Germany is currently facing in terms of its reception and accommodation capacity," a spokesman for the interior ministry said on Wednesday.
Under the so-called Dublin procedure, irregular migrants should be registered in the EU country they first enter. Should they head to another nation in the bloc, they could be returned to their EU first port of call.
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