EU ministers to hold emergency meeting over migrant crisis
Luxembourg is to host a meeting of all 28 ministers in two weeks to discuss concrete steps to resolve the huge surge in people arriving into the EU.
EU ministers to hold extraordinary meeting on migrant crisis
European Union ministers have been called to an extraordinary EU meeting on Sept. 14 to discuss a huge surge in irregular immigration, as European leaders struggle to define a coherent response to the crisis.
Luxembourg, which holds the rotating EU presidency and called the meeting, said in a statement:
The meeting will reportedly be focused on return policy, international cooperation, and investigation and measures to prevent human trafficking.
Earlier today, German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged other European Union countries to accept a greater share of the refugees, as her government struggles to cope with an expected record 800,000 arrivals this year.
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European countries plan to reject migrant quotas
Slovakia and the Czech Republic call for a collective rejection with Hungary and Poland to accept a mandatory quota of refugees.
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May: Free movement should only be for people with jobs
People should only be allowed to move freely within the EU if they have a job waiting for them, the Home Secretary has said.