Measures intended to stop migrants from trying to cross the Mediterranean “were at the center of discussions among four European leaders who met in Paris with the leaders of three African countries” on Aug. 28, reports the New York Times.
The Guardian reported that seven African and European leaders met in Paris “to try to build a new relationship aimed at cutting migration into Europe from northern Africa in return for aid.”
The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Spain on Aug. 28 “agreed to help Chad and Niger with border control to stem the flow of migrants through Libya and across the Mediterranean,” the United Kingdom-based newspaper reported.
Under the headline, “EU, African states map (blurry) approach to migration crisis,” Politico Europe cast the meeting this way in its lead: “The EU and Africa took a few small steps forward, if that, to tackle the refugee crisis.”
European countries “are at odds over how to manage continuing migration inflows that leave states like Italy and Germany shouldering much of the burden for the bloc, while eastern and central states refuse to take in new arrivals,” Politico Europe reported.
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