The Latest: Romanian president says refugee crisis could spark racism which Europe must reject
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The latest developments as hundreds of thousands of people seeking safety make an epic trek through Europe. All times local.
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Romania's president says the influx of refugees could spark a resurgence of racism in Europe which he says countries have a duty to reject.
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President Klaus Iohannis spoke Thursday at an event to commemorate the Holocaust. Between 1940 and 1944, about 280,000 Jews and 11,000 Roma, or Gypsies, were killed during the pro-fascist regime of Romanian dictator Marshal Ion Antonescu.
Romania was one of four eastern European countries to oppose a European Union resettlement plan for 120,000 asylum-seekers but has since modified its stance.
Iohannis reasserted that Romania could overcome "this complicated situation" with refugees "and easily cope with it."