European Governments Fail to Agree on Redistributing Migrants

Head of anti-immigrant League party says he instead would focus on reducing the number of refugees in Italy

INNSBRUCK, Austria—European governments on Thursday failed to reach an agreement on redistributing migrants across the bloc, one of the thorniest issues facing the continent as a popular backlash against refugees gathers speed.

German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer had hoped to use a meeting of EU counterparts here in the Austrian Alps to persuade his Italian counterpart, Matteo Salvini, to take back migrants who reach Germany via Italy.

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