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Politics At MED9 Summit - Cyprus

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, during the MED9 Summit, on October 11, 2024, in Paphos, Cyprus. After his visit to the Pope in the Vatican, Sánchez travels to Cyprus to participate in the MED9 summit, which brings together the countries of Southern Europe to discuss issues of common interest prior to the next European Council. Photo by Pool Moncloa/Fernando Calvo/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Politics At MED9 Summit - Cyprus

(L-R) Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Jordan's King Abdullah II, Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides and France's President Emmanuel Macron pose for a group picture during the MED9 Summit in Paphos, Cyprus on October 11, 2024. Leaders from nine European countries around the Mediterranean Sea met in Cyprus on October 11 to discuss the wars in the Middle East, which they fear will fuel migration and threaten their own security. Photo by Pool Moncloa/Fernando Calvo/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Politics At MED9 Summit - Cyprus

(L-R) Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Malta's Prime Minister Robert Abela, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Jordan's King Abdullah II, Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Croatia's President Zoran Milanovic, Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Slovenia's Prime Minister Robert Golob, and Portugal's Foreign Minister Paulo Rangelas pose for a group picture during the MED9 Summit in Paphos, Cyprus on October 11, 2024. Leaders from nine European countries around the Mediterranean Sea met in Cyprus on October 11 to discuss the wars in the Middle East, which they fear will fuel migration and threaten their own security. Photo by Pool Moncloa/Fernando Calvo/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Politics At MED9 Summit - Cyprus

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, during the MED9 Summit, on October 11, 2024, in Paphos, Cyprus. After his visit to the Pope in the Vatican, Sánchez travels to Cyprus to participate in the MED9 summit, which brings together the countries of Southern Europe to discuss issues of common interest prior to the next European Council. Photo by Pool Moncloa/Fernando Calvo/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Politics At MED9 Summit - Cyprus

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, during the MED9 Summit, on October 11, 2024, in Paphos, Cyprus. After his visit to the Pope in the Vatican, Sánchez travels to Cyprus to participate in the MED9 summit, which brings together the countries of Southern Europe to discuss issues of common interest prior to the next European Council. Photo by Pool Moncloa/Fernando Calvo/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Politics At MED9 Summit - Cyprus

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez (c) and the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, during the MED9 Summit, on October 11, 2024, in Paphos, Cyprus. After his visit to the Pope in the Vatican, Sanchez travels to Cyprus to participate in the MED9 summit, which brings together the countries of Southern Europe to discuss issues of common interest prior to the next European Council. Photo by Pool Moncloa/Fernando Calvo/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Politics At MED9 Summit - Cyprus

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez (left) and the French President, Emmanuel Macron (right), during the MED9 Summit, on October 11, 2024, in Paphos, Cyprus. After his visit to the Pope in the Vatican, Sanchez travels to Cyprus to participate in the MED9 summit, which brings together the countries of Southern Europe to discuss issues of common interest prior to the next European Council. Photo by Pool Moncloa/Fernando Calvo/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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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MALTA-MDINA-MEDITERRANEAN EU COUNTRIES-MED9 SUMMIT-PRESS CONFERENCE

(230929) -- MDINA (MALTA), Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela (C, Rear) speaks at a press conference after the Med9 Summit in Mdina, Malta, on Sept. 29, 2023. 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. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-VALLETTA-MEDITERRANEAN EU COUNTRIES-MED9 SUMMIT

(230929) -- VALLETTA, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela (2nd L) shakes hands with Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa in Valletta, Malta, on Sept. 29, 2023. 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. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-VALLETTA-MEDITERRANEAN EU COUNTRIES-MED9 SUMMIT

(230929) -- VALLETTA, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela (2nd L) shakes hands with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Valletta, Malta, on Sept. 29, 2023. 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. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-VALLETTA-MEDITERRANEAN EU COUNTRIES-MED9 SUMMIT

(230929) -- VALLETTA, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela (2nd R) shakes hands with European Council President Charles Michel in Valletta, Malta, on Sept. 29, 2023. 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. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-VALLETTA-MEDITERRANEAN EU COUNTRIES-MED9 SUMMIT

(230929) -- VALLETTA, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela (C) shakes hands with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic in Valletta, Malta, on Sept. 29, 2023. 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. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-MDINA-MEDITERRANEAN EU COUNTRIES-MED9 SUMMIT-PRESS CONFERENCE

(230929) -- MDINA (MALTA), Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (2nd L) speaks at a press conference after the Med9 Summit in Mdina, Malta, on Sept. 29, 2023. 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. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-MDINA-MEDITERRANEAN EU COUNTRIES-MED9 SUMMIT-PRESS CONFERENCE

(230929) -- MDINA (MALTA), Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- French President Emmanuel Macron (2nd R, Rear) speaks at a press conference after the Med9 Summit in Mdina, Malta, on Sept. 29, 2023. 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. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-VALLETTA-MEDITERRANEAN EU COUNTRIES-MED9 SUMMIT

(230929) -- VALLETTA, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Leaders taking part in the Med9 Summit pose for a group photo in Valletta, Malta, on Sept. 29, 2023. 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. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-VALLETTA-MEDITERRANEAN EU COUNTRIES-MED9 SUMMIT

(230929) -- VALLETTA, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela (2nd R) shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron in Valletta, Malta, on Sept. 29, 2023. 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. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-VALLETTA-MEDITERRANEAN EU COUNTRIES-MED9 SUMMIT

(230929) -- VALLETTA, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela (2nd L) shakes hands with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides in Valletta, Malta, on Sept. 29, 2023. 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. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-VALLETTA-MEDITERRANEAN EU COUNTRIES-MED9 SUMMIT

(230929) -- VALLETTA, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela (2nd L) shakes hands with Spanish State Secretary for the European Union Pascual Ignacio Navarro Rios in Valletta, Malta, on Sept. 29, 2023. 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. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-MDINA-MEDITERRANEAN EU COUNTRIES-MED9 SUMMIT-PRESS CONFERENCE

(230929) -- MDINA (MALTA), Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of nine southern European countries attend a press conference after the Med9 Summit in Mdina, Malta, on Sept. 29, 2023. 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. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-VALLETTA-MEDITERRANEAN EU COUNTRIES-MED9 SUMMIT

(230929) -- VALLETTA, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela (L) shakes hands with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Valletta, Malta, on Sept. 29, 2023. 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. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-VALLETTA-MEDITERRANEAN EU COUNTRIES-MED9 SUMMIT

(230929) -- VALLETTA, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela (2nd L) shakes hands with Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob in Valletta, Malta, on Sept. 29, 2023. 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. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-VALLETTA-MEDITERRANEAN EU COUNTRIES-MED9 SUMMIT

(230929) -- VALLETTA, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela (C-L) shakes hands with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Valletta, Malta, on Sept. 29, 2023. 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. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)