(Deutsche Welle) German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to a deal that would allow 400 unaccompanied minors from the Greek migrant camp to move to other parts of the European Union, Merkel confirmed on Thursday.
Merkel, whose country currently holds the EU Council presidency, said she agreed to take the unaccompanied minors at the request of the Greek government. She said she hopes other EU countries will agree to take some of [the] kids.
“As a preliminary step we are offering to Greece to accept refugees who are minors — other steps must follow,” Merkel said during a panel discussion Thursday in Berlin. The European Union must “finally assume more shared responsibility” for migration policy, the German chancellor added.
