Britain refuses to participate in EU migrant resettlement plan
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Tuesday it would not participate in any European Union plan to resettle refugees using country quotas, saying it preferred to focus its efforts on tackling people traffickers instead.
The European Commission is planning to legislate before the end of the year to ensure the burden of housing immigrants is shared across the bloc, according to binding quotas based on criteria such as economic health and population.
But Britain's newly-elected Conservative government on Tuesday said it would exercise its right to opt out of any such legislation.
"We will not participate in any legislation imposing a mandatory system of resettlement or relocation," a Home Office (interior ministry) statement said.
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