Via the BBC —
[Antonio Guterres] called for the numbers of refugees being resettled in Europe to be increased.
“We are encouraged by the fact that a number of European countries have been saying, and I believe this is on the table to the European Council, that a massive resettlement programme needs to be put in place for Syrians, but I would expect also for refugees in general,” he told a news conference.
“And when I mean massive, I mean hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people, not just what has been discussed until now in relation to resettlement.
“If this is not put in place and the tragedy in the Aegean goes on and the Balkan chaotic situation goes on, I must say I am very worried for the future of the European asylum system.”
EU states have agreed to resettle 22,000 people direct from UN refugee camps but so far only about 600 have arrived.
Peter Sutherland, the UN special envoy for migration, also called on European states to take more refugees.
Amanda Cellini 