EU rejects British plan for post-Brexit return of asylum seekers

UK set to lose right to transfer refugees to other EU countries under Dublin regulation

EU negotiators have rejected a British request for a migration pact that would allow the government to return asylum seekers to other European countries.

When the Brexit transition period expires on 31 December, the government will lose the right to transfer refugees and migrants to the EU country in which they arrived, a cornerstone of the European asylum system known as the Dublin regulation.

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