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The EU pledged to help Italy and Greece as well as non-EU member Turkey by relocating 160,000 asylum seekers as the nations call out for support from the 27-member superstate.

But with the deadline looming next month, Brussels have only managed to ferry 26,295 people from Italy and Greece across the bloc, the European Commissions own figures revealed.

Some of those migrants have even been moved into the non-EU states of Norway and Switzerland.

The scheme was pushed through the EU by Angela Merkel, who provoked outrage across the continent with her open door immigration policy which saw almost 900,000 people move into Germany.

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But the mechanism caused outrage in many countries when it was introduced in 2015, with Denmark, Austria, Hungary and the UK all deciding not to pledge any places.

The shocking figures will also spell bad news for beleaguered French president Emmanuel Macron, who pledged to support his Italian neighbours as they struggle to cope with the effects of the migrant crisis.

As he entered office, he claimed his nation had not listened enough to Italys cry for help on the migration crisis but quickly shut the border to migrants just two months later.

Earlier this week Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano accused the EU of abandoning his country.

Almost 98,000 migrants are believed to have entered Italy from Libya alone in the last year.

Asked if Italy had been abandoned by other European nations, Mr Alfano said: A very clear yes.

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He added: Italy is contributing, but we cannot cope with this burden alone.

He went on to claim European governments should be looking to Libya as the only solution to decrease the number of migrants reaching Italy.

It comes as Libyan Prime Minister Faiez Sarraj warns migrating terrorists travelling from Libya could cause devastation and affect all of the EU due to free movement.

The head of the UN-supported Libyan government Mr Sarraj said: When migrants reach Europe, they will move freely.

If, God forbid, there are terrorist elements among the migrants, a result of any incident will affect all of the EU.

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Aid workers help migrants up the shore after making the crossing from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos on November 16, 2015 in Sikaminias, Greece

Mr Sarraj has since called on the EU to help secure the nations border and asked the UN to lift an embargo which stops Libya from purchasing arms.

The prime minister also said it was time to pressure African nations into taking back economic migrants.

He told The Times: The EU must do more to us help face smuggling.

We cant put the burden on Libya and Italy alone as it is important for all of Europe.

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