(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Valletta Muharram 29 1437 Nov 11 2015 SPA -- Amid a worsening refugee crisis European Union
leaders were due Wednesday to open a two-day summit with African
partners aimed at finding ways of stemming migration flows into the
bloc dpa reported.
"We are under incredible pressure of events" EU President Donald
Tusk warned on the eve of the meeting in the Maltese capital
Valletta which was expected to be attended by more than 60 African
and European leaders.
"EU governments are reviewing over a million asylum applications
between them an all-time record number that would test any developed
democracy" the former Polish prime minister said in a speech to the
Maltese parliament.
Even though most EU-bound refugees hail from Syria Afghanistan and
Iraq and enter via Greece and the Western Balkans stemming
migration flows from Africa is also an important priority for the
28-member bloc.
--SPA
12:23 LOCAL TIME 09:23 GMT
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