The European Commission on Wednesday opened 40 infraction procedures on migrants against 19 countries.
They are accused of not fully implementing the rules of the common European asylum system, especially in regard to registration and repatriation.
Italy was not among the 19.
The action came as EU leaders prepared to meet on the migrant
and refugee emergency at a special Brussels summit. On Tuesday
interior ministers agreed on quotas to distribute 120,000
migrants with four eastern European countries voting against.
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