“As many as 225,000 refuges, waiting to cross the Mediterranean, are now at the Mediterranean border between Italy and Libya, but this is impossible. Instead of being involved in charity or writing noble poems about the roots and causes of migration, we need to act so that million Africans would not embark on a journey via the Mediterranean, which very often ends up badly. That is why we, the European Commission, proposed to include Africa in the investment plan,” Junker said at the plenary session of European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). – READ MORE
