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EU countries break key refugee pledge

Saturday, 11 February 2017 3:09 AM [ Last Update: Saturday, 11 February 2017 3:09 AM ]

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) chats with Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa (L) before a family picture during an European Union summit on February 3, 2017 in Valletta, Malta.

Jerome Hughes
Press TV, Brussels

The European Union's leaders have failed to fulfill a key pledge considered to be the cornerstone of the bloc's efforts to protect refugees. EU leaders promised in September 2015 to relocate 160,000 refugees from Greece and Italy to the bloc's other 26 member states, but so far less than 12,000 have been moved. Press TV's Jerome Hughes reports from Brussels.

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