The European Commission presented, on Monday 21 November, an EU Action Plan of twenty measures to respond to the increase in arrivals on the Central Mediterranean migration route and to coordinate the action of Member States in search and rescue operations at sea, while France and Italy have recently clashed over the disembarkation of migrants rescued by the NGO ship Ocean Viking (see EUROPE B13061A30).
The Action Plan, which is being submitted to the EU interior ministers - who will meet...