By repeatedly declaring their willingness to accept asylum seekers, European cities and municipalities are demonstrating that a commitment to human rights is a cross-cutting task at all political levels and therefore also part of municipal policy. The willingness of local authorities to take in asylum seekers should not jeopardise the individual right to a fair and thorough state asylum procedure, but rather be a Offer of a solution in the central conflict over the European distribution of asylum seekers represent.
We propose below in three central municipal fields of actionn each present two realisable options for action.