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.
Net UK migration of EU citizens has risen to 183,000
New figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed a record increase in UK net migration this week.
330,000
the difference in the number of people entering and the number leaving the UK, was up 40% on 2014.
183,000
The net migration of EU citizens that arrived in Britain was up 53,000.
61%
of EU citizens immigrating for work had a definite job lined up.
39%
were intending to look for a job rather than taking up an offer of employment.
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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.