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5 EU Countries Agree on Distribution of Migrants

Sabina Castelfranco

   ROME - Interior ministers from five European countries reached a
   preliminary agreement on how to distribute migrants picked up in the
   central Mediterranean. The agreement was reached Monday during a
   meeting in Malta and is scheduled to be discussed by all European Union
   members next month.

   EU Migration and Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said
   good progress was made in Malta towards a predictable and structural
   set of arrangements to deal with migrants rescued in the Mediterranean.

   He said the ministers worked to find practical solutions to respond
   together, in a spirit of solidarity, to the migratory challenges.

   "We all agree that the current ad hoc approach consisting of the
   commission coordinating solidarity efforts each time a vessel with
   migrants is at sea is simply not sustainable," said Avramopoulos.
   

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