How a tradable refugee-admission quota system could help solve the EU’s migration crisis

The European Council is set to discuss the issue of EU refugee quotas on 25-26 June 2015, with several countries divided over whether and how responsibility for refugees should be distributed across EU member states. Ahead of the meeting, Hillel Rapoport outlines a three stage proposal for implementing a Tradable Refugee-Admission Quota System (TRAQS) which encompasses tradable quotas for refugees and a ‘matching mechanism’ that takes account of the preferences of migrants and member states. He argues that this model could offer a realistic framework for compromise that would be both fair and cost-effective.

ESO: Background information: EU states still at odds over refugee quota http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-states-still-at-odds-over-refugee-quota/

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

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