Brussels, 09/03/2012 (Agence Europe) - EU home ministers adopted on 8 March a common position on the European programme for the resettlement of refugees, proposed by the Commission in 2009. The programme aims to facilitate aims to make it easier for certain member states to take in refugees from war zones or fleeing persecution and famine, but will not impose an obligation on member states to provide resettlement if those states do not wish to do so. The proposal had long caused controversy...