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The Brits became aware of 'The Hokey-Cokey syndrome' when an illegal migrant sent back
to France jumped back on a Chinese-made rubber dingy and unlawfully returned to old Blighty.
Now it seems certain countries in the EU are performing a similar act.

EU migration meltdown as countries rush to pull out of refugee relocation programme

'EU migration meltdown as countries rush to pull out of refugee relocation programme
Under the EU's Solidarity Pool, member states are obliged to share the burden of accommodating
refugees. European countries are rushing to pull out of the EU's refugee relocation programme.
The continent has seen an upsurge in migrants heading to its borders in recent years, as wars
and economic crises ravage many parts of the world.


The Unwanted Invasion.

Under the EU's Solidarity Pool, member states are obliged to share the burden of accommodating
refugees. Countries must accept a quota of asylum seekers, pay for each person they decline to
take in, or offer another form of assistance. However, Brussels tweaked the rules on Tuesday to
allow countries facing intense migration pressures to opt out of the scheme.

The states eligible to apply for the exemption are Poland, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia and
Estonia. Poland became the first country to officially declare it was pulling out of the Solidarity
Pool on Wednesday.

“We have been saying for months that there is no agreement on any relocation mechanisms,” Minister
of the Interior and Administration Marcin Kierwiński said in announcing the decision. “Poland bears
enormous costs of protecting the borders of the European Union, is under migratory pressure from
Belarus, and has accepted war refugees from Ukraine.”

Warsaw has been lobbying Brussels for months to get recognition of the migration pressures it faces.
A number of states in the former eastern bloc have faced continuing flows of refugees as part of a
"weaponisation of migration" by Russia and Belarus. “Our partners [in the EU] know it very well,
we’re subject to a very big migration pressure and … we must not face any more commitments,”
the Polish government spokesman Adam Szłapka said.

Migration has become a toxic issue in Polish politics, with most political parties opposing the current
refugee quota system. The Czech Republic also submitted its own application for exemption from the
provisions of the migration pact on Wednesday.

New data has shown a decrease in the number of migrants heading to Europe over the past year.
Released on Monday, the European Commission's annual migration assessment showed a drop of
35% in irregular crossings from July 2024 to July 2025...'

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