By Yara Nardi LAMPEDUSA, Italy (Reuters) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday visited the Italian island of Lampedusa, which ...
By Yara Nardi LAMPEDUSA, Italy - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday visited the Italian island of Lampedusa, which is struggling with a surge in migrant arrivals,aFrite Restaurant's Fight for Survival: little Halifax versus Halifax's little Toronto | SaltWireLAMPEDUSA, Italy - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday visited the Italian island of Lampedusa, which is struggling with a surge in migrant arrivals, and promised a 10-point EU...
"Irregular migration is a European challenge and it needs a European response, we are in this together," she said at a joint news conference with Meloni."You can count on the EU," she added in Italian. She promised to speed up the supply of equipment to the coastguard of Tunisia, currently the main departure point for sea migrants, and accelerate the transfer of funds to Tunis under a deal struck in July aimed at curbing migration.
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