European Leaders Thinking of Setting up Asylum Camps Outside the EU
Refugees and migrants massed onto an inflatable boat reach Mytilene, northern island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey on Feb. 17, 2016. Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
Asylum seekers would be shipped to a camp outside of the European Union in proposals introduced by two European leaders in the wake of the refugee crisis.
Details of the plans are not yet clear, but they follow shifting political winds, said Susan Fratzke, policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute.
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
