European Union leaders are arriving in Brussels today for an emergency summit to rubber stamp a plan to redistribute 120 thousand refugees throughout the 28 EU member states.
The proposed quota system has become divisive with countries like Hungary and Poland arguing against the plan - Slovakia has even says it will break with EU law and not implement it.
Germany, meanwhile, is encouraging fellow EU states to adopt the quota system.
The quotas will only cover asylum request from conflict torn countries like Syria, Iraq and Eritrea but thousands of people from other middle eastern and sub-saharan African countries are continuing to make their way into the EU.
Pieter Cleppe (pron: clep) is from the think tank Open Europe and says Germany's pressure in the negotiations are likely to cause broader political complications.
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Pieter Cleppe (pron: clep) is from the think tank Open Europe and says European leaders should focus efforts on helping those not yet in the European Union.
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