Interior ministers from the five largest EU countries - Italy, France, Germany, the UK and Spain - appear to be split on plans to set up transit camps in North Africa to process would-be asylum seekers before they reach Europe.
According to French news agency AFP, France and Spain are fiercely opposed to the German-Italian idea - which would see centres set up to assess claims by migrants.
Human rights groups, for their part, are also opposed to setting up these camps in North Afr...
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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.