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1st LD: EU ministers agree "by larger majority" to relocate 120,000 refugees

Xinhua, September 22, 2015 Adjust font size:

EU ministers adopted on Tuesday a plan to relocate 120,000 migrants at an emergency meeting.

The Justice and Home Affairs Council said in twitter that the EU ministers adopted the plan by larger majority of member states.

The European Committee made the proposal of redistribution in May in dealing with the rising refugee crisis. Endit