The committee calls on the Commission to include an "EU distribution key" for relocating beneficiaries of international protection in its legislative proposal for a permanent intra-EU relocation mechanism. The system would use objective indicators, such as member states' GDP, population, surface area and beneficiaries' best interests and integration prospects. Including a such a "distribution key" could help EU countries facing disproportionate pressures on their national asylum systems or in emergency situations.

MEPs also call for more money for asylum policy (allocating "sufficient and substantial resources" to the Asylum and Migration Fund), joint processing of asylum applications (enabling Member States to support each other at various stages of the asylum procedure, such as identifying applicants, preparing first-instance decisions, conducting interviews or making recommendations), and a stronger role for the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) to promote closer cooperation among EU countries.

Source: European Parliament News