Outcry grows over EU deal on refugees

EU decisions on what to do with the more than one million migrants seeking refuge was in danger of turning Greece into an indefinite refugee camp, Caritas, the international Catholic relief agency warned.

They were echoing the reaction of many members of the European Parliament to decisions by EU leaders with Turkey earlier this week, and to the announcement of a trebling of funds to help countries, mainly Greece, to cope with the thousands of refugees now trapped as other countries closed their borders.

The original EU budget to help refugees for this year was €188.98m and has now been increased to €464m following a request from member state leaders.