Mediterranean EU countries urge concrete action against illegal migration

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Mediterranean EU countries urge concrete action against illegal migration

STORY: Mediterranean EU countries urge concrete action against illegal migration DATELINE: Sept. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:10 LOCATION: Valletta CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of leaders arriving 2. various of working sessions 3. various of the press conference STORYLINE: Leaders of nine southern European countries have called for the European Union (EU) to finalize a new migration and asylum deal before next year's European Parliament elections, and to step up efforts to prevent departures from North Africa. The needs of front-line EU countries that receive the bulk of migrants must be "adequately met" by, for example, boosting surveillance operations at the EU's external borders to break up human trafficking networks, said a joint statement issued at the end of Friday's Med9 Summit in Malta. Apart from Malta, countries participating in the one-day meeting included France, Greece, Italy, Croatia, Cyprus, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain. They also called for a new approach to improve the rate o

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