The Latest: EU Leader Asks 22 States to Share Migrant Load

  09 September 2015    Read: 936
The Latest: EU Leader Asks 22 States to Share Migrant Load
The latest news as countries across Europe cope with the arrival of thousands of migrants and refugees.
The head of the European Union`s executive says 22 of the member states should be forced to accept another 120,000 people in need of international protection who have come toward the continent at high risk through Greece, Italy and Hungary.

With the new call to the European Parliament, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Wednesday that his additional plan would bring the total for emergency relocation to 160,000.

Recalling the lengthy haggling among member states over the spread of the initial 40,000, Juncker said that this time "this has to be done in a compulsory way."

Juncker said he wants his plan endorsed by the member states at a special meeting in Brussels on Monday.

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