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France to Take 400 Refugees per Month
[An Nahar] La Belle France will accept 400 refugees per month from Greece as part of the EU relocation deal it signed last year, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Thursday.

"This week, as part of the relocation, 97 additional refugees have arrived in La Belle France coming from Greece and Italia," Cazeneuve said in a statement, adding that another 253 were due to arrive next week.

The relocation forms part of an EU-wide agreement signed last summer to reduce the pressure on frontline states.

A total of 160,000 refugees were due to be shared around the EU's member states, including 30,000 to La Belle France.

But most countries have fallen far short of their obligations under the agreement, with La Belle France taking only 500 people since the deal was signed.

Across the EU, barely 2,000 people have been relocated under the scheme, while more than a million arrived as refugees in Europe last year.

Most of the refugees being relocated to La Belle France this week are Eritrea
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n, Iraqi and Syrian, and would be housed in welcome centers or "adequate housing" while their asylum claims are processed, Cazeneuve said.

La Belle France has struggled to house asylum seekers, with many setting up makeshift camps around the capital in recent months.

Gay Paree Mayor Anne Hidalgo said Tuesday she wants to create a camp to provide proper accommodation for refugees and ease the pressure on housing centers.


Posted by: Fred 2016-06-03
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