Britain would take asylum seekers from the EU as part of any returns deal under a Labour government, Yvette Cooper has said, but would not formally join the European quota scheme.
The shadow home secretary said on Friday that Labour would be willing to accept people from mainland Europe as part of an EU-wide returns deal, which the party hopes to agree to if it wins power next year. But she insisted this would focus on returning children to their families in Britain and would not involve signing up to be a member of the EU’s quota system.
