European Union Ministers Approve Plan to Distribute Refugees.

[elleng]

Source: nyt

— European Union ministers approved a plan on Tuesday that would compel member countries to take in 120,000 migrants seeking refuge on the Continent — but only after overruling four countries in Central Europe.

The plan to apportion the migrants, still only a small fraction of those flowing into Europe, was approved by home affairs and interior ministers of the member countries after a vigorous debate.

In a departure from normal procedures that emphasize consensus, particularly on questions of national sovereignty, the ministers took a formal vote. The Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia voted no. Finland abstained.

The plan will be discussed further on Wednesday by leaders from across the 28-member bloc, who will gather here for an emergency summit meeting. It is not clear if the dissenting countries, which have vigorously opposed mandatory quotas, will comply.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/23/world/europe/european-union-ministers-migrants-refugees.html?

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. Finally, something. And shame on those Central European countries.

[november3rd]

2. The important question for us is ...

When is the US going to begin to make a gesture toward the amends we owe these refugees by bringing a few million here and resettling them in security and an adequate standard of living?

[Kurska]

3. "A few million"

Do you have any idea what it would be like to bring in and settle a few million people?

The entire boat people situation following Vietnam was 200 or so thousand and that strained federal resources to near breaking point. Do you even have a comprehension of what a "few million" would mean?