EU Chief Urges Asylum Reform after 58 Migrants Die in Southern Italy
News - Middle East: The European Commission has called on the EU to move forward with the reform of the bloc’s asylum rules, following the death of at least 58 migrants off the coast of Italy’s Calabria region.
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made the appeal in a post on her Twitter account on Sunday, saying the deaths earlier in the day were a "tragedy" that left her "deeply saddened."
"We must redouble our efforts on the (EU) Pact on Migration and Asylum and on the Action Plan on the Central Mediterranean," von der Leyen said.
At least 58 people, including a dozen children, died when an overloaded wooden boat carrying migrants sank off the southern Italian coast.
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