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| The EU is to consider the idea of building migrant processing centres in north Africa in an attempt to deter people from making life-threatening journeys to Europe across the Mediterranean, according to a leaked document. | The EU is to consider the idea of building migrant processing centres in north Africa in an attempt to deter people from making life-threatening journeys to Europe across the Mediterranean, according to a leaked document. |
| The European council of EU leaders “supports the development of the concept of regional disembarkation platforms”, according to the draft conclusions of an EU summit due to take place next week. | The European council of EU leaders “supports the development of the concept of regional disembarkation platforms”, according to the draft conclusions of an EU summit due to take place next week. |
| The EU wants to look at the feasibility of setting up such centres in north Africa, where most migrant journeys to Europe begin. “Such platforms should provide for rapid processing to distinguish between economic migrants and those in need of international protection, and reduce the incentive to embark on perilous journeys,” the document says. | The EU wants to look at the feasibility of setting up such centres in north Africa, where most migrant journeys to Europe begin. “Such platforms should provide for rapid processing to distinguish between economic migrants and those in need of international protection, and reduce the incentive to embark on perilous journeys,” the document says. |
| Migration is high on the agenda of the two-day summit, which opens on 28 June. EU leaders will attempt to reach a consensus on how to manage the thousands of refugees and migrants arriving each month. | |
| The German and French leaders Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron are set to meet near Berlin on Tuesday to fix a common approach to migration and the eurozone, amid fears in their camps that the European project is unravelling. | The German and French leaders Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron are set to meet near Berlin on Tuesday to fix a common approach to migration and the eurozone, amid fears in their camps that the European project is unravelling. |
| Before Tuesday’s meeting France’s finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, said that Europe was “in a process of disintegration. We see states that are turning inward, trying to find national solutions to problems that require European solutions.” He called for “a new European project on immigration”, as well as economic and financial issues “to consolidate Europe in a world where you have the United States on one side, China on the other and we are trapped in the middle”. | Before Tuesday’s meeting France’s finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, said that Europe was “in a process of disintegration. We see states that are turning inward, trying to find national solutions to problems that require European solutions.” He called for “a new European project on immigration”, as well as economic and financial issues “to consolidate Europe in a world where you have the United States on one side, China on the other and we are trapped in the middle”. |
| Merkel, the German chancellor, is under pressure from her hardline interior minister, Horst Seehofer, to come up with a European plan by the end of the month. Germany continues to receive more applications for asylum than any other EU member state. Seehofer wants German border guards to start turning people away at the frontier if there is no EU-wide progress. | Merkel, the German chancellor, is under pressure from her hardline interior minister, Horst Seehofer, to come up with a European plan by the end of the month. Germany continues to receive more applications for asylum than any other EU member state. Seehofer wants German border guards to start turning people away at the frontier if there is no EU-wide progress. |
| It was not immediately clear how the EU document’s proposal for “regional disembarkation platforms” would work in practice, or where they might be set up. | It was not immediately clear how the EU document’s proposal for “regional disembarkation platforms” would work in practice, or where they might be set up. |
| The EU struck a deal with Turkey in 2016 that drastically reduced migrant flows, but the bloc has found it harder to work with north African governments, especially Libya, the starting point for most sea crossings over the central Mediterranean. | The EU struck a deal with Turkey in 2016 that drastically reduced migrant flows, but the bloc has found it harder to work with north African governments, especially Libya, the starting point for most sea crossings over the central Mediterranean. |
| The European commission has rejected a Turkey-style deal with Libya, because of instability in the country. But Italy’s previous government struck deals with Libyan militia and tribes and helped relaunch the Libyan coastguard. These actions contributed to a sharp reduction in people crossing the central Mediterranean, but critics reported an increase in human rights violations. | The European commission has rejected a Turkey-style deal with Libya, because of instability in the country. But Italy’s previous government struck deals with Libyan militia and tribes and helped relaunch the Libyan coastguard. These actions contributed to a sharp reduction in people crossing the central Mediterranean, but critics reported an increase in human rights violations. |
| According to the draft document, the EU would like to set up the centres in collaboration with the UN agency for refugees (the UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration, another UN-related body that has previously criticised the paucity of legal routes for African migrants to come to Europe. | According to the draft document, the EU would like to set up the centres in collaboration with the UN agency for refugees (the UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration, another UN-related body that has previously criticised the paucity of legal routes for African migrants to come to Europe. |
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