Migration crisis: Africa and Europe summit in Malta

11/11/2015. At the summit of European and African leaders on migration crisis on Wednesday, November 11, in Malta, the European Union should demand more returns of migrants in exchange for the promise of more aid for development.

Europeans want to put pressure on Africa to limit the flow of migrants to the EU but they continue to respond piecemeal.

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