Press Release: Debate: MEPs discuss best approach to refugee crisis

The European Parliament's plenary session held a discussion on 6 October 2015 on the conclusions of the informal European Council on 23 September when national governments agreed to increase funding and support to EU countries looking after the Union's external borders as well as to neighbouring countries and agencies dealing with Syrian refugees.

Members of the parliament urged member states to do more to tackle the refugee crisis, while most of them also supported the European Commission proposal to address the crisis.

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ESO: Background information: Informal meeting of heads of state or government, Brussels, 23 September 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/informal-meeting-of-heads-of-state-or-government-brussels-23-september-2015/

ESO: Background information: Managing the Refugee Crisis: Budgetary measures under the European Agenda on Migration http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-managing-the-refugee-crisis-budgetary-measures-under-the-european-agenda-on-migration/

Politico, 06.10.15: Tusk says EU reputation under threat http://www.politico.eu/article/tusk-says-eu-migration-reputation-under-threat/

European Council: Statement, 06.10.15: Address by President Donald Tusk to the European Parliament on the informal meeting of heads of state or government of 23 September 2015 http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2015/10/06-tusk-address-european-parliament-informal-euco-september/

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: SPEECH/15/5781, 06.10.15: President Juncker’s intervention at the European Parliament Plenary session on the conclusions of the 23 September Informal European Council http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-15-5781_fr.htm

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

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