- Sputnik International
World
Get the latest news from around the world, live coverage, off-beat stories, features and analysis.

EU Countries Refusing to Receive Migrants Likely to Face Legal Action

© REUTERS / Lefteris PitarakisFILE - In this Sunday, June 14, 2015 file photo, Syrian refugees are helped into Turkey after breaking the border fence and crossing from Syria in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey
FILE - In this Sunday, June 14, 2015 file photo, Syrian refugees are helped into Turkey after breaking the border fence and crossing from Syria in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey - Sputnik International
Subscribe
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that it is necessary to take a fast decision on distribution of migration load in the European Union.

BERLIN (Sputnik) — European countries that resist to share responsibilities to resettle migrants coming to the European Union may be subjected to legal action, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Saturday.

Migrants wait on the bridge at the Austrian-German border between Braunau and Simbach at lake Inn near Passau, Germany, October 27, 2015 - Sputnik International
EU Struggles to Set Up ‘Hotspots’ for Refugees Fleeing Syrian Violence
"It is necessary to take a fast decision [on distribution of migration load]. Europe is a legal community. The issue will be resolved by legal means in case there are no other ways to settle it," Steinmeier told Der Spiegel newspaper.

The European Union is currently struggling to manage a massive refugee crisis, with hundreds of thousands of people fleeing conflict-torn countries in the Middle East and North Africa in an effort to reach wealthy European states, such as Germany and Sweden.

Countries like the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania have been opposing EU mandatory quota scheme to share 160,000 refugees.

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала