Amnesty warns new EU deal on migration and asylum ‘will lead to surge in suffering’ – Europe live

Council of EU says, however, that new rules will lighten load on those member states where most migrants arrive'

The European Parliament and the Spanish presidency of the Council reached an agreement today on the core political elements of five key regulations that will thoroughly overhaul the EU's legal framework on asylum and migration," the Council said in a statement.

It noted that following today's provisional agreement, work will continue at technical level in the coming weeks to flesh out the details of the new regulations."