But despite their commitment, the ministerial meeting in Luxembourg did not succeed in achieving the objective of distributing the 40,000 refugees. Germany said it would come to accept 12,100 of France 9100, while other states failed deal.
People fleeing poverty and wars in North Africa and the Middle East seeking refuge in European countries, and most of them land on the shores of Italy and Greece or rescued at sea. Currently, in both these countries they are staying in camps 40,000 asylum seekers from Syria and Eritrea, while 20,000 others are asylum seekers outside the EU.
