EU lawmakers demand migrant burden be shared
EU lawmakers Tuesday demanded the bloc share the burden of accepting asylum seekers as the pressure on southern European countries from migrants crossing the Mediterranean showed no sign of easing.
EU leaders agreed at an emergency summit last week to boost funding and resources for search and rescue missions but Britain, speaking for many, said it would not take in any migrants picked up at sea for asylum processing.
The summit followed the worst migrant disaster in the Mediterranean, with hundreds dead after their boat sank between Libya and southern Italy.
