EU leaders satisfied with the plan for migrants

BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union leaders on Friday congratulated themselves on setting aside their main differences over how to manage the arrivals of migrants and order the development of plans to filter people in North Africa according to their ability to enter Europe .

But while they were on the second day of their summit in Brussels, the Libyan Coast Guard reported the disappearance and possible death of a hundred people when their ship capsized in the Mediterranean. Libya is the main starting point for most migrants who are trying to reach Europe .

Divergences around who should take responsibility for the tens of thousands of Migrants rescued in the Mediterranean have undermined the unity of the EU and are threatening the future of business and trips to Europe.

At the summit, EU heads of state or government agreed on approach "to take care of those gathered at sea. Rescue vessels will" land them In EU countries that agree to be responsible for migration with the main entry countries – Spain, Italy and Greece – as well as in the countries of the EU which agree to be responsible for migration with the main countries of entry – Spain, Italy and Greece – as well as in the countries of North Africa and possibly the Balkans – a comprehensive approach, "French President Emmanuel Macron told the press after a night of negotiations ahead of the energetic demands of the new Italian populist and anti-immigrant government.

"We are protecting better, we are cooperating more, and we are reaffirming our principles: All solutions to precipitation, to be purely national or a betrayal of our values ​​of expelling people to third countries have been set aside."

The new Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, whose anti-European government has shaken the European political landscape, said that "in short, we can say that we are satisfied."

"Italy is no longer alone, as we requested" He added:

Libya is one of the countries where the EU is planning to Install its "landing platforms", with Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Niger and Tunisia. Overall, the details are vague. The EU Executive Board needs to develop something more concrete in coordination with the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration, which would prefer to operate only in Europe.

UNHCR welcomed the new plan, noting that a clarification is needed and that Africa's involvement in its elaboration across the African Union regional bloc was " essential".