Give me an E, Give Me a U. What’s that spell? We’re about to find out. “The president of the European Commission has called for the mandatory distribution of about 160,000 asylum-seekers among the EU’s 28 member states.” Greece was an economic test. This is a political and humanitarian test.

+ Why are some countries more open to refugees than others? One reason is demographics. From WaPo: This map helps explain why some European countries reject refugees, and others love them.

+ Vox on the refugee crisis: 9 questions you were too embarrassed to ask.