VIENNA (Reuters) - European Union interior ministers took new steps on Friday to harmonise national immigration and asylum policies, including a fresh bid to agree which refugees should be granted shelter in the wealthy bloc.
The ministers also backed during talks in Vienna proposals to create "rapid intervention teams" including interpreters and medics to help member states cope with sudden influxes of immigrants or asylum-seekers to their shores.
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