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Under pressure? EU states on edge over migrant redistribution plan

French gendarme officers patrol the beach of Ecault to prevent migrants from illegally crossing the English Channel to Britain, in Saint-Etienne-au-Mont, northern France on 1 October 2025. AFP - SAMEER AL-DOUMY

Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) – Which EU countries face the most pressure from migration? The question is proving deeply divisive as capitals scramble to agree by year-end how to redistribute at least 30,000 asylum seekers across the bloc.

The 27-nation European Union adopted a sweeping overhaul of its migration policies in 2024, soon to come into force.

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