The idea of a new European migration policy was floated by Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese during an interview ahead of the Med5 summit that gathers Italy, Spain, Greece, Malta and Cyprus. It is “necessary to define a united and constructive position for a new European migration policy”, Lamorgese told the newspaper La Repubblica in an interview ahead of the summit of the five Mediterranean EU countries. Lamorgese will meet the interior ministers of Spain, Greece, Malta, and Cyprus, in Venice for the summit on Friday and Saturday (3-4 June). The ministers will discuss migration flows and the Ukraine crisis and aim to reach a “compromise between accountability and solidarity measures for a new European migration policy”, Lamorgese said. But people continue to die at sea, according to the UN’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

Source: The North Africa Journal June 03, 2022 04:53 UTC