European
Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has called on EU countries to
agree by next week to share 160,000 refugees, as thousands continued to
stream across European borders, fleeing from war and persecution.
In an
impassioned appeal on Wednesday at the European Parliament in
Strasbourg, France, Juncker unveiled a list of new proposals to help
Europe confront its biggest refugee crisis since World War II.
The plan,
which will see Germany and France take in the lion’s share of refugees,
is likely to run into serious resistance from some member states.
Juncker warned that Greece, Italy and Hungary, where most of the refugees are currently camped out, can no longer cope alone.
“It
is time for bold, determined action by the European Union,” Juncker
told EU lawmakers, noting that some 500,000 migrants have entered Europe
this year, many from conflict-torn Syria and Libya.
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