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Interior ministers of the European Union are looking to ease tensions on the issue of migration following the clash between France and Italy. The clash followed the fate of a boat that had rescued migrants on board in the Mediterranean.
During an emergency meeting of the bloc Friday last week, the ministers sought to ease tensions on the long-debated issue following the clash between France and Italy. Tensions over migration flared when France accepted the Ocean Viking vessel that carried 234 rescued migrants on board. Italy turned away the boat before it turned up in France.
“Everyone agrees not to repeat this kind of situation,” said European Commissioner Margaritis Schinas following the meeting.
During the meeting, the ministers agreed on a 20-point action plan proposed by the bloc’s executive branch to address migration in the central Mediterranean. One particular point in the plan involved strengthening cooperation with third countries, including steps to prevent departures from regions such as Northern Africa. The plan also sought greater coordination in the bloc of search and rescue, including in coastal and flag states.
The French and Italian ministers welcomed the plan. However, Schinas stressed that the EU must agree on a legal, overall framework to tackle migration.
“We cannot and should not work on a crisis-by-crisis situation, ship-by-ship, incident-by-incident. We need one single framework based on EU law,” said Schinas.
This year, over 90,000 migrants and refugees have arrived in the EU through the central Mediterranean route, marking a 50 percent increase from the numbers in 2021.
“It is only as Europeans that we can tackle these very difficult questions of irregular immigration,” said French interior minister Gerald Darmanin.
Also on Friday, the bloc warned that time is running out when it comes to changing Washington’s mind over its plans to grant consumer tax credits for US-made electric vehicles and other such products. The EU said that the $430-billion Inflation Reduction Act, which was already signed into law, would make the United States a leader in producing electric vehicles at the regional grouping’s expense.
The bloc has sought for an exception for EU products, as was agreed on Canadian and Mexican products.
