Europe’s chaotic refugee crisis

Germany’s Angela Merkel and French leader François Hollande have announced a ten-point plan to tackle Europe's refugee crisis.

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President Hollande and Chancellor Merkel's ten-point plan faces stiff winds

More refugees are trying to get into Europe now than at any other time since World War II. Most are fleeing war and tyranny in Syria, Afghanistan and Eritrea. On Monday, Germany's Angela Merkel and French leader Franois Hollande announced a ten-point plan based on the resettlement of genuine asylum seekers by quota across the European Union. Merkel is determined to get other nations to accept more refugees, but she will "face stiff headwinds", says The Times.

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Emily has worked as a journalist for more than thirty years and was formerly Assistant Editor of MoneyWeek, which she helped launch in 2000. Prior to this, she was Deputy Features Editor of The Times and a Commissioning Editor for The Independent on Sunday and The Daily Telegraph. She has written for most of the national newspapers including The Times, the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, The Evening Standard and The Daily Mail, She interviewed celebrities weekly for The Sunday Telegraph and wrote a regular column for The Evening Standard. As Political Editor of MoneyWeek, Emily has covered subjects from Brexit to the Gaza war.

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