The EU’s migration chief spoke ahead of talks between home affairs ministers of the bloc’s 27 member states on Thursday. “It’s about having a European migration policy,” EU migration commissioner Ylva Johansson told reporters. Ever since, EU countries of arrival like Spain, Italy, Malta and Greece have demanded more help. Bad blood spilled over as eastern EU countries like Poland and Hungary refused to host any refugees and migrants from the mainly-Muslim Middle East and North Africa. The EU has stepped up efforts to keep people away, with UN data showing fewer than 160,000 people made it across the Mediterranean last year.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 06, 2023 13:25 UTC