Joint Statement: EU states must not backtrack on refugee resettlement commitments….

Joint Statement: EU states must not backtrack on refugee resettlement commitments

EU Member States have now adopted the Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Plan (URP) – a welcome step towards anchoring refugee resettlement at the heart of the EU’s new approach to asylum and migration. Despite this positive development, the newly-adopted plan reveals that the EU will dramatically reduce the number of people who will be resettled over the next two years.