An interparliamentary meeting on migration was held on Monday 14 June with the President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, and the Presidents of the Portuguese, Slovenian and German Parliaments. The European Parliament President called for a major “European search and rescue operation at sea”, as the EU should not leave this task to NGOs alone.
Citing the effects of the pandemic, which have a “major multiplier effect” on global flows, the Italian also invited the EU to...