France, Germany, Italy to meet over migrants crisis

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The Interior Ministers of France, Germany and Italy would meet in Paris on Sunday to discuss ways to help Italy which has been struggling with masses of migrants.

With the backing of the European Commission, Italy has threatened to close its ports to migrant rescue boats so as to redirect them to other Mediterranean countries.

It has seen more than 500,000 migrant arrivals since 2014, including 82,000 so far this year.

“I will receive the Italian and German interior ministers on Sunday,’’ French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb told Reuters on the sidelines of a police academy graduation.

But an aide said the meeting was not likely to yield an immediate decision given that EU interior ministers are due to meet next week in Tallinn, Estonia.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said that the executive arm of the bloc would discuss further…

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