Portugal to pay €8.44 million to refuse 420 asylum seekers under EU’s controversial migration pact (opens in new tab)

Portugal will pay more than €8 million to avoid accepting hundreds of asylum seekers under the European Union’s new migration pact, opting to make what are described as solidarity payments rather than relocate migrants from other member states. The decision, first reported by Portuguese news outlet Expresso on Monday, commits Portugal to paying €8.44 million […]