Which EU countries face the most pressure from migration? The question is proving deeply divisive as capitals scramble to agree by year-end how to redistribute at least 30,000 asylum seekers across the bloc.

The 27-nation European Union adopted a sweeping overhaul of its migration policies in 2024, soon to come into force.

A key element is a new “solidarity” system for managing asylum seekers, aimed at easing the burden on frontline countries such as Spain, Greece and Italy.

The idea is broadly speaking to sort member states into different categories:

— Those deemed by Brussels to be under “migratory pressure”, based on criteria such as the number of irregular arrivals and sea rescue operations.

— Other countries, which will be required to either take in a share of asylum seekers from

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