EU Face Backlash After Announcing New Accelerated Asylum System

Every evening, dozens of migrants take the bus from Oulx to the village of Claviere, where they wait until nightfall to try to walk the mountain paths to France. (Credit: MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP)

Last week, the European Council reported that the union had reached a breakthrough agreement which set out to reform the European Union's (EU) asylum and migration system.

The deal was agreed upon by the European Parliament, the European Commission and the EU member states.