BRUSSELS — EU authorities introduced proposals Wednesday intended to reform the bloc’s overwhelmed and ineffective asylum system while avoiding a backlash from member states reluctant to accept a larger number of refugees. The proposals from the European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, are meant to address an imbalance that has largely fallen on front-line nations like Greece and Italy, in the case of an influx like last year, when more than 1 million refugees arrived on European shores.
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