Angela Merkel holds surprise mini-summit in Brussels with nine EU countries willing to capture large numbers after assembly resistance to mandatory sharing schemeMonths of European efforts to come up with common policies on mass immigration unravelled on Sunday when Germany led a “coalition of the willing” of nine EU countries taking in most refugees from the Middle East, splitting the union formally on the issues of mandatory refugee-sharing and funding.
An unprecedented full EU summit with Turkey agreed a fragile pact aimed at stemming the flow of migrants to Europe via Turkey. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com