Migrant crisis: EU ministers to discuss 'distribution plan'

EU’s interior ministers are meeting in Luxembourg to discuss ways to deal with the migrant crisis at Europe’s doorstep, with thousands of migrants from Africa and Middle East making a dangerous journey across the Mediterranean every month.

A contentious proposal to distribute asylum seekers across all EU member states is on the agenda.

Around 1,800 migrants have died at sea in 2015, a massive increase in causalities from the same period last year. Most migrants start their journey from the shores of Libya, with the aim of reaching Italy.

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