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Friday, December 9, 2016

EU met only 5% of target for relocating refugees from Greece and Italy

Only 8,162 people of the promised 160,000 have been resettled from the two countries at the frontline of the migration crisis European countries have relocated only one in 20 of the refugees they promised to shelter, amid continuing deep divisions over how the continent should help growing numbers fleeing war and persecution. More than a year after the EU promised to disperse 160,000 refugees from overstretched Greece and Italy to other EU countries, only 8,162 people have been found a home, figures from the European commission show. Continue reading...


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