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Two years on, has Europe shown solidarity with Greece and Italy?

 

Two years ago, EU chief Jean Claude-Juncker made an impassioned plea for Europe to take in their share of refugees.

He urged member countries to show solidarity with the likes of Greece, Italy and Hungary by taking 160,000 refugees off their hands.

 

EU states were given until September 26 2017 to comply.

But latest figures show just 29,000 refugees have so far been relocated, with several countries refusing to take part altogether.

 

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