Migrant Centers Aren’t Solution for EU, UN Agency Says
A U.N. agency tapped to run new migrant centers around the Mediterranean says the plan won’t solve the European Union’s immigration challenge. Irregular migration across the sea has been dramatically reduced; only about 45,000 people have made it to Europe that way this year. But the hot-button issue is driving the EU’s political agenda. Last week, EU states agreed to tighten their external borders and spend more in the Middle East and North Africa to bring down the number of arrivals. Chancellor Angela Merkel, trying to save her coalition, on Monday agreed to set up migrant camps on the German border, highlighting how the EU is unable …