Classic bureaucratic numbness and possibly spite with this in the Grun:
The government had proposed a post-Brexit agreement to continue transfers of unaccompanied child asylum seekers to families living in either the UK or EU, although with no obligation on either side.
An EU official said the bloc’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, would not take this forward as part of current talks due to end in late October because “this is not in the EU mandate”.... prompting warnings that more young people will risk their lives in dangerous Channel crossings.
EU states have shown little appetite to rewrite Barnier’s mandate on child asylum seekers, because they perceive the British plan as offering little. “It doesn’t bring much added value, [!] we suspect it’s more about sending people back,”
After 1.1 million refugees and migrants arrived in Europe in 2015, officials proposed a change intended to ease the pressure on frontline Mediterranean states. Deadlock among member states meant the proposals were shelved. Citing the EU’s impending overhaul, an EU political source said: “I would be very surprised if in this context the EU applies the Dublin system to the UK, a third state.”
Elsewhere, some classic Grun spin on the talks:
Boris Johnson’s hopes of a Brexit deal have been dealt a fresh blow as Brussels ruled out EU leaders intervening in the troubled negotiations at a summit this month.
Only Johnson's hopes. Only pure generosity from the EU to even contemplate them! Thank goodness the cad has been thwarted.
Even the Grub sees the main issue now though, but, strangely, is still unable to take sides:
The major obstacle to a deal remains the issue of the UK’s plans for its domestic subsidy regime from 1 January 2021 when the country leaves the EU’s single market and customs union.
There's a lovable Freudian typo:
Johnson told reporters: “We’re ready for any eventuality, of course. But we must make sure that people understand that at the end of the year, whatever happens, we are using [sic] the EU.
The cad is unrepentant:
“They could be sensible and give us a Canada-style solution, which after all they’ve given Canada, and I very much hope they will, but we’re ready for either eventuality.”
Thank God for some fresh thinking from the Observer cartoonist:
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