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Monday, September 7, 2015

Portugal instructed to take in 4,775 refugees

The latest plan from the European Commission shows Portugal’s refugee total intake increasing to 4,775 as the figures are reworked due to rapidly increasing numbers and the inability of Greece and Italy to cope with boatloads of refugees arriving each day from north Africa. Germany, France and Spain will receive the lion’s share of the 160,000 that member states are to accommodate, according to the latest proposal from the European Commission.


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