Dublin Regulation to challenge EU, UK talks
British Prime Minister David Cameron is facing a new battle with the EU over asylum rules as the European Commission is planning to propose scrapping arrangements that requires refuges to have claim asylum in the first European country they arrive in.
The expected change in the so-called Dublin regulation could pave the way for the migrants to travel to the UK and other northern European countries.
Cameron said earlier that his proposal of a four-year ban for migrants for top-up benefits for low-paid work was "still on the table," but he could agree to an "equally powerful" plan to tackle so-called benefit tourism.
He is now set to meet a series of EU counterparts at the World Economic Forum in Davos before visiting Prague for more talks.
Cameron is set to deliver a speech on Britain’s role in the EU on Thursday in Davos. He is also expected to raise the issue during meetings with European leaders, and wants new rules in force by this summer.
He hopes to secure a new membership package during the EU summit in Brussels on 18 February.
Many say it is an ambitious timescale. Further delay would make it impossible to hold the in/out referendum in June.
EU membership has long been a hot topic in Britain. Eurosceptics, who believe the UK would be better off outside the political and economic union, seek the UK's withdrawal from the EU. Various polls have indicated that the British public is divided on the issue.
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