EU states agree relocation of 120,000 refugees 'by large majority' (Officials)

EU interior ministers on Tuesday approved by a "large majority" a plan to relocate 120,000 refugees around the bloc but only after overriding fierce opposition from central and eastern European countries.

"Decision on relocation for 120,000 persons adopted today, by large majority of member states," the EU's Luxembourg presidency said in a tweet.

"We, Slovaks, Romanians, Hungarians against, and Finland abstained. 

The resolution was accepted," Czech Interior Minister Milan Chovanec said in a separate tweet.
 AFP
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22/9/15
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