National governments must accept binding quotas to relocate asylum seekers if they are to tackle the EU’s refugee crisis, European Commission chief Jean Claude-Juncker said on Wednesday.<br /><br /> Speaking at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Jean-Claude Juncker urged EU countries to take their fair share of an additional 120,000 people.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> The fresh proposal comes after the EU executive called on governments to relocate 40,000 people from Italy and Greece back in May.<br /><br /> But leaders failed to agree on a mandatory system, signing up only to resettle some 32,000 people on a voluntary basis.<br /><br /> “It’s 160,000 refugees in total that Europeans have to take into their arms and I really hope that this time everyone will be on board – no rhetoric,” Juncker told lawmakers. <br /><br /> But a compulsory quota system might be difficult to accept for some countries.<br /><br /> A strong populist sentiment in a number of EU member states means some leaders will be forced to tread carefully or risk facing the wrath of th
