Updated On: 08 June, 2023 01:26 PM IST | Brussels | AP
Europe`s asylum system collapsed eight years ago after well over a million people entered -- most of them fleeing conflict in Syria -- and overwhelmed reception capacities in Greece and Italy, in the process sparking one of the EU`s biggest political crises

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European Union interior ministers on Thursday made a fresh attempt to overcome one of the bloc`s most intractable political problems as they weighed new measures for sharing out responsibility for migrants entering Europe without authorisation.
Europe`s asylum system collapsed eight years ago after well over a million people entered -- most of them fleeing conflict in Syria -- and overwhelmed reception capacities in Greece and Italy, in the process sparking one of the EU`s biggest political crises.