European Union ponders better way to handle migration policies

The European Union is looking into a fundamental reform of its migration policies, which have heaped pressure on some nations such as Greece and Italy as more than a million migrants and refugees arrived in Europe over the past year.

The EU Commission announced on Wednesday it wants to amend the current principle where the first nation where a migrant arrives must process their asylum request. The policy is a central tenet of the 28-nation bloc's migration system, which has failed over the past year, EU vice-president Frans Timmermans said.