What's the EU's vision to address the migrant crisis?
EU Foreign Ministers are seeking a joint global strategy on migration as thousands continue to make the perilous journey across the Mediterranean. Foreign ministers met in Brussels on Monday looking to build on existing cooperation with each other and the UN. More than one hundred thousand migrants have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe this year - many of them were smuggled from Libya. The European Union is introducing export restrictions on inflatable boats and outboard motors being sold in Libya to try and stem the flow. Italian leaders say they bear the brunt of the migration burden and not enough is being done to help them. EU Interior Ministers agreed last month to step up deportations of failed asylum-seekers and help beef up the Libyan coastguard. The Italian govermment is warning of unprecedented measures if other European countries fail to share its overwhelming burden. Are the threats serious? Presenter: Sohail Rahman Guests: Elizabeth, Collett, Migration Policy Institute Europe. Joel Millman, International Organisation for Migration. Mattia Toaldo, European Council on Foreign Relations. - Subscribe to our channel: http://ift.tt/291RaQr - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: http://ift.tt/1iHo6G4 - Check our website: http://ift.tt/snsTgS
EU Foreign Ministers are seeking a joint global strategy on migration as thousands continue to make the perilous journey across the Mediterranean. Foreign ministers met in Brussels on Monday looking to build on existing cooperation with each other and the UN. More than one hundred thousand migrants have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe this year - many of them were smuggled from Libya. The European Union is introducing export restrictions on inflatable boats and outboard motors being sold in Libya to try and stem the flow. Italian leaders say they bear the brunt of the migration burden and not enough is being done to help them. EU Interior Ministers agreed last month to step up deportations of failed asylum-seekers and help beef up the Libyan coastguard. The Italian govermment is warning of unprecedented measures if other European countries fail to share its overwhelming burden. Are the threats serious? Presenter: Sohail Rahman Guests: Elizabeth, Collett, Migration Policy Institute Europe. Joel Millman, International Organisation for Migration. Mattia Toaldo, European Council on Foreign Relations. - Subscribe to our channel: http://ift.tt/291RaQr - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: http://ift.tt/1iHo6G4 - Check our website: http://ift.tt/snsTgS
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