France, Germany voice concerns over EU migrant redistribution plan

Brussels

FRANCE and Germany raised concerns on Monday over a European Commission plan to redistribute migrants reaching Italy and Greece, saying that it must take better account of efforts they have already taken to help asylum-seekers.

The European Commission proposed last week to ease pressure on Italy and Greece, which are struggling to deal with thousands of immigrants crossing the Mediterranean in flimsy boats from Libya, through an emergency scheme to redistribute 40,000 Syrian and Eritrean asylum-seekers throughout the European Union.