Plans to deal with European Union's migration crisis are unveiled

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The European Commission has unveiled a new blueprint for dealing with the EU's migration crisis, including a controversial plan for national quotas. The EU aims to bring 20,000 refugees to Europe in the next two years, as part of the plan. The Commission is urging EU nations to share the burden of processing asylum claims. Italy and Greece, facing a migrant surge, are struggling to cope. We discuss whether some member states could do more to help. Also on the programme, Italy's economy has grown after three years of recession, thanks to increased exports to the US and more investment at home. And Facebook does a deal with nine of the world's biggest news publishers. It is introducing something called Instant Articles, which will offer news organisations the chance to create interactive content that is much simpler and faster to read on Facebook via a mobile device. We ask what this might mean for the future of journalism. Picture: The UN estimates that 60,000 people have tried to cross the Mediterranean this year; Picture credit: Reuters