It was billed as the moment when Europe finally took responsibility for the influx of desperate refugees arriving on her shores.
In late September, European leaders agreed on a plan to relocate 160,000 migrants from the countries they're flooding into -- mainly Greece and Italy.
Six weeks later, the scheme has only just gotten off the ground, according to new statistics released by the European Commission.
The EU has relocated just 116 of 160,000 refugees
EU ministers plan to transfer 160,000 asylum-seekers from Greece and Italy to other EU member states over the course of two years.
But progress has been slow, and the numbers don't add up yet. Only 1,418 places (out of the needed 160,000) have been made available in EU states for these people to be transferred to -- and just 116 have been moved as of November 4, according to the European Commission.
Tove Ernst, a migration spokeswoman for the European Commission, says it took time to put the mechanisms in place on the ground to facilitate relocation.
"The system is now up and running -- the first flight from Greece [has left] and there were already several flights from Italy -- and we're hoping that progress on the ground and progress with member states will be made swiftly," Ernst told CNN.
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