"I think you're all in for a terrible shock," United Kingdom Independence Party head Nigel Farage told The Malta Independent on the migration discussions last night.

"I think Italy and Malta and Greece are all in for a terrible shock. You all think that you've joined this collegiate European club where in your hour of need, we will all come to your assistance.... It isn't going to happen". He said.

Farage was hanging around the back rooms of the press area, joking around with those around him.

Yesterday's agreement will see 40,000 migrants relocated from Greece and Italy, as well as 20,000 persons qualifying for international protection resettled from outside the EU. The agreement is set to be formally adopted later today.

Asked by this newsroom for his comment on fact that David Cameron's speech on Britain took a backseat in last night's Summit, he said - "Well obviously you've got the Greek crisis, the Mediterranean migrant crisis... and they were always going to be more important pressing matters".

"But amidst all the disharmony last night there was one point of agreement. Everybody agreed that Britain can't have treaty change. The thing the Prime Minister spoke about prior to the General Election, and the Foreign Secretaries spoke about since the election that we need treaty change to get what Britain needs... is gone".

"At the first hurdle any thought of the Cameron negotiation is going to be fundamental I think has disappeared."

David Cameron was proposing treaty changes in order to reduce chances of a Brexit through referendum. 

In a press statement, President of the European Council Donald Tusk said that the British Prime Minister set out his plans for an in/out referendum last night. £So the talks on UK renegotiation will now get underway. It was the first step in a longer process that will also end at the European Council. As I said earlier one thing should be clear from the very beginning: the fundamental values of the European Union are not for sale and so are non-negotiable. We should consider British concerns, but only in a way which will be safe for all Europe. We will come back to this in December".