Migrant move by Germany, Italy, France

(ANSA) - Berlin, September 2 - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday announced a joint initiative by France, Italy and Germany for a "fairer distribution" of migrants in the EU, to be put to an upcoming foreign ministers' meeting in Luxembourg. The three countries have been among the most vocal in calling for mandatory quotas to share the burden of waves of migrants and refugees coming across the Mediterranean and through the Balkans.