The controversial issue of immigrants being assisted to reach one member state of the EU in preference to another defies everything the EU stands for.

Those seeking asylum should be centralised and processed by a bureau appointed by Brussels to receive them on behalf of member states.

Successful immigrants would be allocated a country and shared around the EU member states on a non-negotiable pro rata basis determined by the space available to accommodate them, with a qualifying period of residence required before moving to countries within the EU.

Countries which are two or three times the land mass of England, such as France, Spain and Germany, would take a greater share while the smaller, more cramped countries take proportionately less.

This would be funded equally from Brussels using each member state's annual contribution.

The burden of cost would thus be shared fairly by all, regardless of where the immigrants were placed.

-Ronald A Childs, Court Farm Road, Brighton