European countries remain deadlocked over how to relocate 40,000 refugees across the continent, and may miss yet another deadline for agreeing a deal.
As justice and home affairs ministers gather Monday for a meeting aimed at persuading countries to commit to firm figures on accepting asylum-seekers, several key EU member states are refusing to budge.
The ministers are meeting after failing to agree during an informal council in Luxembourg on July 9 on how to apportion the 40,000 asylum-seekers, facing a self-imposed deadline for a deal by the end of the month. The deaths of nearly 800 migrants attempting a voyage from …read more
Source: European Voice
