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00:07After years of negotiations and debate among EU member states,
00:11a major reform of the European Union's migration rules came into force last week.
00:15The new pact aims to strengthen border procedures and overhaul the EU's asylum system.
00:21But some politicians from France's far-right national rally have challenged one of its key measures.
00:26They claim that the reform will allow the EU to impose a 20,000 euro fine on member states
00:31that refuse to accept migrants on their territory.
00:35The national rally's Marine Le Pen wrote on X that the migration pact will require European Union member states
00:41to welcome migrants under the penalty of fines.
00:44But these claims are misleading.
00:46Simply put, in recent years, the EU countries that have received the largest number of migrants and refugees
00:51by land and sea have been Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Spain.
00:55To help these frontline countries manage migratory flow, the EU introduced a so-called solidarity mechanism
01:02and while participation is mandatory, member states can choose how they contribute.
01:07One option is to take in asylum seekers from the EU countries under the greatest pressure.
01:12But countries that do not wish to take them in can choose an alternative way of participating.
01:17For example, they can make a financial contribution of 20,000 euro per asylum seeker
01:22they decide not to move to their territory, with the money going to support the member states
01:27facing the highest migration flow.
01:29So, the measure is not intended as a fine, but as a mechanism to help member states
01:34share responsibility for the migrants entering the EU.
01:37At least 30,000 asylum seekers a year are set to fall under the relocation system
01:42according to the text of the regulation, alongside a minimum financial contribution of 600 million euros.
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