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EU's refugee relocation scheme in tatters

Friday, 11 March 2016 11:46 PM [ Last Update: Friday, 11 March 2016 11:45 PM ]

Migrants stand in a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border near the Greek village of Idomeni on March 11, 2016, where thousands of refugees and migrants are trapped by the Balkan border blockade. (AFP photo)

Jerome Hughes
Press TV, Brussels

European Union countries have provided homes to just 858 refugees despite agreeing last year to permanently accommodate 160,000. The information was presented by the European Commission at a meeting of EU justice and home affairs ministers in Brussels. Press TV’s Jerome Hughes reports from the Belgian capital.

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