Crew members stand next to a Schiebel Camcopter S-100 drone on board the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) ship MV Phoenix as it sails out of Valletta's Grand Harbour, Malta May 2, 2015. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria wants a refugee quota for every country in the European Union to help absorb hundreds of migrants arriving every day by boat in southern Europe, Chancellor Werner Faymann said in a newspaper interview.
Faymann described as "totally absurd" the current system in which refugees are supposed to be taken in by the country where they first arrive. This would mean Malta, Italy and Greece would have to accommodate all the Mediterranean refugees, which they are unable to, he said.
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