The home affairs ministers of Italy, Marco Minniti, Germany, Thomas de Maizière, and France, Gérard Collomb, along with European Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos reached agreement at an informal meeting in Paris on Sunday 2 July on drafting an action plan to help Italy cope with the arrival of migrants from Libya, many of whom have been rescued by boats belonging to NGOs.
After Italy threatened last week to close its ports to the NGO boats (see EUROPE 11819), the ministers...