“This visit is one of the very first visits after the lockdown and it carries a strong message of European Union solidarity with respect to Malta. We are facing major challenges in our Southern neighbourhood” the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell said, while visiting Valletta. We are facing several challenges in our southern neighbourhood and…
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Mogherini for “open new avenues” in Mediterranean
The EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini calls Mediterranean countries to work together on issues of migration: “we share a challenge and we can only solve and address this phenomenon if we take a cooperative approach based on partnership among equals”. "What happens around the Mediterranean and in the Mediterranean matters to the whole of Europe…
#Aquarius: Spain accepts vessel with illegal migrants
Today the European Commission attempted to reduce the tensions around the notorious illegal migrants transport vessel #Aquarius repelled by Italian authorities, to a bilateral issue between Rome and Valletta. Spanish new Prime minister Pedro Sanchez stretched his had to Brussels, saving the EU image, while the solidarity between the member-states on illegal migrants issue is crumbling….
EU to enforce training of Libyan guards
“We reaffirm our determination to act in full respect of human rights, international law and European values, and in conjunction with UNHCR and IOM”, – declared the EU28 from Malta Informal Summit #EUCO in Valletta today. “On the Central Mediterranean route, however, over 181,000 arrivals were detected in 2016, while the number of persons…
Louvre attacked amid Malta Summit
The attack in Louvre Museum in Paris happened amid a human rights debate on migration from Libyan coasts. Human rights concerns have looming large at proposed EU plan to block migrants in Libya. (Photo: from Malta Informal Summit) .@JunckerEU @eucopresident & #EU28 leaders at the #MaltaSummit "We are family." #EuropeUnited pic.twitter.com/b1ua7L0ecw — Mina Andreeva (@Mina_Andreeva)…
Malta EU presidency on migration
Managing migration crisis is a major focus of the upcoming upcoming Maltese presidency of the EU (2017). The Maltese politicians call for a ‘holisitc approach’, treating the root causes of the problem, but not only the consequences Europe experienced in 2016, when usual numbers of Africans illegally crossing Mediterranean have been at dramatic raise. As…
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