EU agrees landmark deal to curb migration and share asylum seekers

The EU has struck a breakthrough deal to cut migration and share ayslum seekers after years of political deadlock – but rights groups say that it will lead to a “surge in suffering”.

The new rules are designed to share the cost and work of hosting migrants and asylum seekers more evenly and to limit the number of people coming into the continent. They also cover procedures for handling asylum applications, rules on determining which EU country is responsible for handling applications and ways to handle crises.

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