Spain criticizes quotas of migrants for European countries, citing its high unemployment rate
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Spain is criticizing a proposed plan that would see more migrants sent its way as part of a package of measures designed to ease pressure on countries dealing with a huge influx of migrants into Europe.
Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo says the plan doesn't account for Spain's sky-high jobless rate of nearly 24 percent and the country's efforts to prevent illegal migration from North Africa via Spain to other European countries.
Garcia-Margallo made the comments Monday in Brussels where officials discussed a naval operation to go after trafficking networks sending migrants across the Mediterranean into Europe.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Britain, France, Estonia, Hungary and Slovakia have already criticized or rejected the quota plan.
The idea behind it is that when a country reaches a maximum, migrants seeking asylum would be sent elsewhere.