02:07Belgium: Ministers arrive for Extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council on refugee quotas
Interior Ministers and other officials attending the Extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council arrived at the Justus Lex building in Brussels, Tuesday, where they will discuss over refugee crisis.
The ministers will decide on the proposal of the European Commission for the emergency relocation of 120,000 refugees from member states exposed to the massive migratory influx, mainly Italy, Greece and Hungary. According to Dimitris Avramopoulos, Member of the EC in charge of Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, "this is the moment for everybody to show that we really mean it when we talk about responsibility and solidarity."
This meeting is taking place one day earlier than the emergency meeting of heads of state or government, which is scheduled for Wednesday. Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, called the EU leaders in an attempt to reach consensus on the overall approach to the refugee's crisis and on the European migration policy. However, it has turned difficult, as some member states, above all the countries from the Visegrad Four group (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) have voiced an opposition to refugees quotas.
02:07Interior Ministers and other officials attending the Extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council arrived at the Justus Lex building in Brussels, Tuesday, where they will discuss over refugee crisis.
The ministers will decide on the proposal of the European Commission for the emergency relocation of 120,000 refugees from member states exposed to the massive migratory influx, mainly Italy, Greece and Hungary. According to Dimitris Avramopoulos, Member of the EC in charge of Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, "this is the moment for everybody to show that we really mean it when we talk about responsibility and solidarity."
This meeting is taking place one day earlier than the emergency meeting of heads of state or government, which is scheduled for Wednesday. Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, called the EU leaders in an attempt to reach consensus on the overall approach to the refugee's crisis and on the European migration policy. However, it has turned difficult, as some member states, above all the countries from the Visegrad Four group (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) have voiced an opposition to refugees quotas.