EU reaches landmark agreement on migration and asylum reforms.

EU ministers have agreed on a deal to share the responsibility of looking after migrants and refugees, ending years of division. The deal would introduce a new expedited border procedure for those deemed unlikely to win asylum to prevent them from lingering inside the bloc for years. Each country would be responsible for a set number of people, but would not necessarily have to take them in. Countries unwilling to receive irregular migrants and refugees arriving ad hoc to the EU would be able to help their hosting peers through cash, equipment or personnel.