Germany's Merkel announces plan to distribute refugees throughout EU

German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a plan Tuesday to register and distribute incoming refugees evenly throughout the European Union.

The Local quoted Merkel as saying in the future, refugees would be stopped at EU borders before being processed and sent to one of the Union's 28 member states, rather than passing directly into the visa-free Schengen Area. Those who failed to pass asylum requirements would face speedier deportation, she said.

The plan was agreed to by Merkel's Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union, both center-right parties in Germany, as well as the Social Democratic Party.