Tag: European Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos

EU starts countdown to settle refugee quotas row by June

by Lachlan CARMICHAEL Agence France-Presse SOFIA, Bulgaria (AFP) – EU ministers stuck Thursday to opposing east-west camps as they started a countdown to try and overhaul Europe’s asylum rules by June when the three-year-old migration crisis could flare anew. The minister from  Bulgaria, which holds the six-month rotating EU presidency ending June 30, said he would introduce proposals to “try to find a balance between the member states” split over refugee quotas. “Today we will see if […]