UN plans to resettle Syrian refugees in northern Europe
(AGI) London, March 11 - The UN has drawn up plans to relocatethousands of Syrian refugees from Italy and Greece to northernEurope, the Guardian reported. The UN refugee agency, theUNHCR, has asked backing for its pilot programme, outlined in aletter to the EU Foreign Policy Chief, Federica Mogherini, andthe Commissioner for Home Affairs, Dimitris Avramopoulos. "Morethan two-thirds of those disembarked in Italy moved on withoutfingerprinting or proper identification," said the director ofthe UNHCR's Europe bureau, Vincent Cochetel. "At a time ofincreased security concerns over movements from Libya, thissituation is abnormal.