Brussels, 02 Sept-(ANA)-The European Commission has unveiled plans to allow more refugees from conflict zones and poor nations into European countries.
The scheme is aimed at discouraging immigrants - mainly from Africa - from attempting to reach Europe illegally.
Many risk their lives as they try to enter the EU, often on rickety boats, relying on human traffickers.
The UN says 65,596 refugees were resettled worldwide last year, but the EU accepted just 4,378, or 6.7%.
The Commission - the EU's executive arm - says this "contrasts sharply with the numbers taken in by many other countries in the industrialised world, particularly the US, Canada and Australia". (ANA)
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