U-turn on refugee quotas by four states

European states to share 54,000 refugees after divisive deal reached

Justice ministers “snatched victory from the jaws of defeat” the vice-president of the European Commission admitted after a U-turn on the refugee crisis by eastern European countries.

While four countries initially voted against agreeing to take a named number of refugees from the front-line Italy and Greece over the next two years, they said they would take their share in the end.