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Thousands of African migrants risk their life crossing the Mediterranean to the EU every year (Photo: European Commission)

Cool reception to compulsory EU sharing of asylum 'burden'

Italy, which has been under fire for its treatment of migrants in particular since in May it forcibly returned hundreds of people intercepted in its territorial waters to Libya, has called for "obligatory burden sharing" among EU member states when it comes to taking in asylum seekers.

On Thursday (4 June), EU interior ministers meeting in Luxembourg discussed how to tackle the increasing number of migrants coming from the Mediterranean, especially to particular member states such as I...

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Thousands of African migrants risk their life crossing the Mediterranean to the EU every year (Photo: European Commission)

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