UK 'will not participate' in new refugee-sharing arrangements agreed by the EU

ITV News Political Editor Robert Peston reports from Davos:

So the great thing about Davos is that more-or-less everyone is here (swank) so nailing down a tale is easier than normal.

What I've learned is that the UK is not going to participate in any new refugee-sharing arrangement agreed by the rest of the EU - and may even frustrate it (OK maybe that's not a big surprise - but it matters).

The point is that the prime minister is intent on preserving the Dublin Regulations, at least for the UK - because, according to a government source, it really matters to us that we can send asylum seekers who illegally enter the UK back to the place they first entered the EU (such as Greece).

And, according to my source, there is no chance of the UK taking any refugees on top of the 20,000 Syrians David Cameron already said he would in effect recruit by 2020 directly from camps in the Middle East.

This will certainly complicate EU negotiations - in that countries like France and Spain, which refugees are largely avoiding right now, are highly unlikely to want to absorb many tens of thousands of migrants if the UK is exempt.

For what it's worth, a European political leader said to me this morning that it would be enormously helpful if David Cameron could find a way of joining a new EU migrant deal.

And this leader seemed to think this would happen.

Apparently not - which, I fear, may make other EU leaders grumpier with the UK Government than they already are (if that is possible)