On Tuesday 1 October, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted two reports on the issue of migration.
The first, championed by British Conservative Lord Simon Russell, is devoted to “A shared European approach to address migrant smuggling”. The second, by German Socialist Julian Pahlke, is a call to clarify the fate of missing migrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
Both texts call for greater European coordination.
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