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July 21, 2015

European Leaders Fail to Reach Agreement on Migration Crisis 
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In news from Europe, officials failed to reach an agreement Monday on
how to relocate throughout Europe the tens of thousands of asylum
seekers who have arrived in Greece and Italy this year. As many as
150,000 migrants have arrived in Europe by sea in 2015 alone. After the
officials failed to reach an agreement, Dimitris Avramopoulos, the
European Union commissioner for migration, expressed his disappointment.

Dimitris Avramopoulos, EU commissioner for migration: "It is clear
member states must deliver on the promises made at the European Council
last month to reach the agreed figure of 40,000 persons proposed by the
commission. I want to be frank with you: I am disappointed that this did
not happen today."

Meanwhile, as the failed talks were being held, the Italian Coast Guard
arrived in a Sicilian harbor with about 600 migrants, whom the navy had
rescued at sea over the weekend. Most were from sub-Saharan Africa.

 

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