Ministers from the five southern EU states said a proposed overhaul of migration rules does not go far enough. (Eurokinissi/ANE/picture alliance)Southern European countries on Saturday presented a united front at a meeting in Athens, calling on other EU states to share the migration burden. How are the southern EU states pressuring Brussels? The ministers also discussed whether Turkey played an active role in pushing migrants toward Europe in contravention of the EU pact. The new pact proposes that those Eastern European states that don’t want to take in migrants contribute funds instead to help those that do.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 21, 2021 11:14 UTC