EU's Juncker announces refugee quota plan

European Commission President Jean-
Claude Juncker has announced plans
that he says will offer a "swift,
determined and comprehensive" response
to Europe's migrant crisis.

Under the proposals, 120,000 additional
asylum seekers will be distributed among
EU nations, with binding quotas.
It comes after a surge of thousands of
mainly Syrian migrants pushed north
through Europe in recent days.
Mr Juncker told the European Parliament
it was "not a time to take fright".
Germany, the main destination for many
migrants, supports quotas, but some EU
countries oppose a compulsory system.
There were more chaotic scenes on
Hungary's southern border with Serbia,
with migrants breaking through police
lines at the Roszke camp, and forcing the
closure of the M5 highway.
France welcomed the first of 1,000
migrants it has pledged to take from
Germany, having committed to receive
24,000 migrants over two years.
Conditions were reported to be improving
on the Greek holiday island of Lesbos,
where thousands of migrants have now
been screened and put aboard ferries to
Athens in a new government drive.
In a separate development Australia,
which has been under pressure to do
more to help displaced people, has
announced plans to take in 12,000
Syrian refugees .




Source:
BBC News