The European Parliament on
Tuesday approved a non-binding resolution co-authored by Italian
Democratic Party MEP and former integration minister Cécile
Kyenge and Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola of the European People's
Party (EPP) calling for a centralized European political asylum
system, a binding resettlement policy, and humanitarian
corridors so refugees fleeing war zones in Africa and the Middle
East can have safe, legal passage into Europe without resorting
to human smugglers at the risk of their lives. The motion passed
with 459 in favor, 206 against, and 52 abstaining. The
resolution proposes establishing a central system for collecting
and allocating asylum applications that would work on the basis
of hotspots from which to distribute refugees according to
quotas for each EU member state. The European Commission is
currently considering a revision of the Dublin III Regulation
(which determines which member state is responsible for
processing which asylum application) and has pledged to present
a legislative proposal before the summer.
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