The EU's new migration pact faces its first real test in coming months as countries are called to split the "burden" of resettling at least 30,000 asylum seekers -- with a Christmas deadline to strike a deal.
The European Union's 27 states last year struck a landmark agreement that hardens border procedures, envisages accelerated deportations and overhauls how the bloc deals with asylum seekers.
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