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Britain will reject a European Union-wide migrant quota


This article has been corrected due to a complaint via IPSO. In the original version of this article it was stated that Britain is a member of the Schengen Agreement, which is not correct. Britain is not a member of the Schengen Agreement and we still retain our border controls.


Theresa May is joining counterparts in Brussels today as thousands of desperate Syrian refugees flock to Europe.

But the Home Secretary is expect to shun a EU plan to resettle 160,000 migrants around the continent from Italy, Greece and Hungary.

The proposal – devised by European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker – would see the richest countries take in the most refugees.

David Cameron has already blasted the plan, saying it would merely encourage more to make the perilous journey to Europe.

But last month he caved into public pressure and said Britain would let 20,000 Syrian refugees into the country over the next five years.

Mrs May has blamed scenes of drowned refugees, such as tragic three-year-old Aylan Kurdi, on a "broken European migration system".

She added: "As countries in Europe are increasingly realising, these tragedies have been exacerbated by the European system of no borders." Home Secretary Theresa May, pictured in 2013

The meeting in Brussels today comes after Germany closed its borders after struggling to cope with the numbers of refugees.

Almost 15,000 have arrived at Munich's train station since Chancellor Angela Merkel threw the country’s borders open last month.

Thomas de Maiziere, German's interior minister, said the dramatic U-turn was a "signal to Europe" to take their share of refugees.

He said: "Germany is facing up to its humanitarian responsibility, but the burdens connected with the large number of refugees must be distributed in solidarity."

Eurosceptics such as Nigel Farage also saw it as serious blow to the survival of the controversial Schengen Agreement.

Under the agreement 26 European countries have no border controls and operate a joint asylum policy.

Mr Farage said: "By shutting the border with Austria, it is clear that the German government have realised the scale of their error. Schengen surely can't survive now."
