DAILY MAIL: Europe's Justice Commissioner will today demand a change in the law to allow 'Britain-obsessed' asylum seekers into the UK at their earliest convenience.
Jacques Barrot, a former French minister, believes the reform would assist migrants who are sleeping rough in Calais, waiting for a chance to enter Britain.
This includes hundreds who will be evicted this week from the notorious 'Jungle' squat in the town, which riot police plan to destroy.
Under current law the asylum seekers should be sent back to the country where they entered the EU.
But, referring to a proposal which would allow foreigners to claim asylum in any EU country they want, Mr Barrot said: 'In order for the closure of the Jungle to make sense, it is necessary to share the burden between France and Great Britain.
'There should be a solidarity within the EU over asylum.
'National solutions to the problem are not viable.
'The people who are in Calais have crossed Europe and have one obsession - to get to Great Britain. >>> Peter Allen | Monday, September 21, 2009
