Ministers from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland on Monday (21 September) said they want to reach "a common stance" with their counterparts on asylum.
The four oppose a binding quota system to distribute some 120,000 migrants from Italy, Greece, and Hungary across European member states.
But others like Germany are backing a compulsory system.
Ministers are meeting in Brussels on Tuesday (22 September) in a second attempt to agree to the proposal, while on ...
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