France Plans To Take In 24,000 Refugees Over Next 2 Years
France can take in 24,000 refugees in the next two years, said President Francois Hollande. He also suggested that a worldwide conference could be organised in order to discuss the "worst refugee crisis in Europe since World War II".
He added that the European Commission will arrange a "mandatory quota," in order to relocate 120,000 refugees pouring in from war-torn countries.
"The issue of refugees and displaced people is first and foremost an issue that affects southern countries... It affects Africa, the Middle East but also other continents including Asia," Hollande said, according to Agence France-Presse.
Formed by the European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker, the complete list of guidelines will be revealed on Wednesday. It suggests that Germany will take 31,443, Spain 14,931 and France will take a total of 24,031 in order to relieve Greece, Italy and Hungary of the onus, according to hngn.
Europe took action regarding the migrant crisis, after pictures of the body of the Syrian boy, who drowned with his family while crossing to Greece from Turkey set off public outrage.
Hollande added that France would begin to identify Islamic State positions in Syria so that it could target the conflict points and get involved in the regional conflict, according to Wall Street Journal.
