FREE now SUBSCRIBE Invalid email Make the most of your money by signing up to our newsletter fornow We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights.

The scheme concocted in Brussels would see host countries fined up to £210,000 per migrant if they fail to dole out enough residence permits to third party nationals. But while the Prime Minister had previously said she did not want the UK to be part of the Dublin IV arrangements, Government officials have since confirmed the nation will not be involved. In a statement Home Office minister Robert Goodwill confirmed Whitehall would not opt into the EU agency for asylum which will oversee the scheme, claiming the “functioning of the asylum system is a sovereign matter”. Mr Goodwill said: “The Government’s view is that decisions on asylum systems were best taken at national level.

GETTY Mrs May had previously said she did not want the UK to be part of the Dublin IV arrangements

“The UK has long-standing reservations about such relocation schemes. “Asylum seekers should claim asylum in the first safe country they enter and not be moved around the EU using allocation quotas.” Mr Goodwill went on to confirm officials were “considering the options” on residence permits after Brexit. It comes after an expert on EU politics warned a fresh influx of migrants is set to hit Europe and overwhelm the continent’s police forces and security services.

Calais Jungle Camp: Before and After Fri, November 11, 2016 Extraordinary photographs show life in the last days of the Calais 'Jungle' refugee camp at the end of October, alongside the current scene as it stands today. Play slideshow 1 of 24

GETTY Whitehal confirmed theyl would not opt into the EU agency for asylum

Roger Boyes said Eurocrats’ hopes for a better 2017 will be dashed by a new migrant crisis which could propel populists to power in France, Holland and Germany. He warned the euro elite’s “blend of catastrophism and complacency” will come back to haunt them, because behind the bluster are very real threats that the bloc is woefully unequipped to deal with. Mr Boyes said: “You’d have to have a Frigidaire heart to turn away the people fleeing the slaughter of Aleppo. “But the sheer scope of monitoring the migrants currently in Germany or Scandinavia is beyond the resources of most police or counter-terrorism forces.

GETTY The scheme could see host countries fined up to £210,000 per migrant if they fail to meet the quota

GETTY The Government is caught in fierce negotiations with the bloc as they work towards Brexit