The European Commissioner for Migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, said he was "confident" that the discussions of the EU interior ministers on Thursday, 7 March on temporary disembarkation arrangements for migrants rescued at sea would take place, and even spoke of a "consensus" on the principles, without specifying the number of voluntary countries.
This temporary disembarkation system is an alternative to the Dublin Regulation, which is blocked at the EU Council level (see other news). After...