BRUSSELS, May 27 (UPI) -- European Union countries will absorb and share 40,000 Syrian and Eritrean refugees under a plan unveiled in Brussels Wednesday.
The controversial proposal introduces immigration quotas for the 28-member economic bloc, and shares the burden of admitting asylum seekers who typically arrive, fleeing persecution and poverty, in Greece, Malta and Italy. The details come after the plan was announced, to resistance and criticism by some EU countries, earlier this month.