Ireland could be forced to take in extra refugees under new EU proposals

Ireland and other EU countries could be forced to take in extra refugees from fellow member states facing "crisis" levels of refugees under reforms set to be discussed in March, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith, Political Correspondent, in Brussels.

Officials confirmed the move tonight at a meeting in which they also agreed to ask controversial Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend a separate asylum conference during the same period.