The European Union presents a plan to confront migration across the Mediterranean

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The European Commission on Monday put forward a 20-point action plan aimed at tackling rising migration in the Mediterranean, ahead of an emergency meeting of interior ministers.

More than 90,000 migrants and refugees have arrived in the European Union this year via the central Mediterranean crossing from North Africa to Italy or Malta, an increase of 50 percent over 2021. EU interior ministers will hold their talks next Friday.

EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson told a news conference that one focus of the plan was strengthening cooperation with other countries, including measures to prevent migrants from leaving North Africa.

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