Tusk: EU must house 100,000 refugees

The President of the European Council Donald Tusk said on Thursday at a joint press conference with Hungarian PM Victor Orban that the EU must now shelter 100,000 asylum-seekers. Tusk said that the inner-European clash over asylum seekers risks degenerating into “political blackmail, divisions and a new blame game.” “Fair distribution of at least 100,000 refugees among the EU states is what we need today,” he added. On Tuesday, Donald Tusk said that "creating and keeping unity within the EU is key to responding to the challenge posed by the migration wave." Meanwhile, Italian daily Corriere della Sera reported that the European Commission would require countries that refuse to take in refugees to provide financing for those that do.