The European Commission is proposing to pay EU countries €6,000 for each UN-registered refugee which they agree to resettle.
The idea, announced by the European Commission on Wednesday (4 December), is part of a package designed to stop people dying on sea crossings and being exploited by human traffickers.
It is aimed at the Syria crisis. Over 2 million Syrians are registered refugees, many of them living in overcrowded camps in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey.
The EU resettl...
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