European Immigration
Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos presented the council of
interior and foreign ministers Monday with a 10-point plan to
deal with the migrant emergency.
The plan "to be implemented immediately" includes
"reinforcing" the EU's Triton-Poseidon operations and the
destruction of people smugglers' boats.
It also calls for European Asylum Support Office (EASO)
teams to be deployed in Italy and Greece - where many refugees
first make landfall - as well as a protocol for voluntary
relocation, more return flights to countries of origin and
beefing up border control in Niger.
The plan will be submitted to an emergency summit of EU
leaders Thursday.
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