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EU ministers to hold refugee crisis meeting Sep 22: Official

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EU ministers to hold refugee crisis meeting Sep 22: Official

The aim of the "extraordinary" meeting was to get ministers to approve plans for the redistribution of 120,000 refugees currently in Greece, Italy and Hungary.

Brussel - The minsters failed to reach a deal on relocating thousands of refugees this week, officials said on Tuesday.

Published: Tue 15 Sep 2015, 8:46 PM

Updated: Tue 15 Sep 2015, 10:51 PM

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European Union interior ministers will hold a new emergency meeting on the bloc's migration crisis on September 22, after they failed to reach a deal on relocating thousands of refugees this week, officials said on Tuesday.
Luxembourg, which currently holds the presidency of the EU, said the aim of the "extraordinary" meeting was to get ministers to approve plans for the redistribution of 120,000 refugees currently in Greece, Italy and Hungary.



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