Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Bratislava to express their anger. Police cars were vandalised . People held banners that read, Slovakia is not Africa, and one Arabic family, including a mother and baby in a pushchair, was pelted with stones. These protests come as the discussion on the influx of immigrants to Europe from war or poverty inflicted parts of North Africa is coming to a head. The European Commission proposed a solution which would see at least 40,000 immigrants resettled throughout the EU with certain quotas for each Member State. Slovakia would receive a quota of 700 immigrants. There is tension and disunity in the Member States on this issue. Many countries in the West such as Germany, France and the UK are feeling the impact of immigration. The EU has proposed that all Member States come together to solve this problem and take the weight off the most affected countries, but attitudes are much more defensive among the newer states.