European Council President
Donald Tusk said at the EU summit on Thursday that the bloc is
ready to give more help to Italy to cope with the Mediterranean
migrant crisis.
"We have spoken about how to help Italy manage the central
Mediterranean route," Tusk said.
"The leaders agreed to offer Premier (Paolo) Gentiloni
stronger support for the Italian work with the Libyan
authorities.
"We have a real opportunity to close the route".
Migrant arrivals from Italy in recent months have fallen
sharply since Italy struck a deal with Tripoli featuring support
for the Libyan coast guard.
Tusk asked the member states to give a total of 100 million
euros for the European Fund for Africa, in particular Libya, by
the end of the year.
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