EU Leaders Reach Agreement On Migrant Crisis
The deal calls for processing centers to be established on a "voluntary basis" to restrict migrants from moving within the European Union while asylum claims are being considered.
by Scott Neuman
Jun 29, 2018
2 minutes
After hours of often-acrimonious debate, European Union leaders meeting in Brussels resolved to create voluntary joint processing sites to restrict refugees' movement within the bloc while asylum claims are under consideration and to strength efforts to return those who don't qualify.
However, much of the agreement — which comes amid an ongoing crisis over the influx of
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