The nine Mediterranean and Southern
European Union member states that form the EUMed9 need to work
on a common and coherent position to make action on migrants
more effective, Premier Giorgia Meloni has allegedly said in a
letter to Italy's partners in the group ahead of a summit in
Malta on Friday, diplomatic sources said on Wednesday.
Meloni also reportedly told the other EUMed9 states that it is
important to insist on the rapid implementation of the
comprehensive approach to migration agreed at the special
European Council meeting in Brussels in February.
On that occasion, the Council recognised that migration is a
European issue requiring a European solution and agreed to focus
on increased external action, the effective control of external
borders, and internal aspects of migration management.
The sources said the letter also makes reference to the recent
Memorandum of Understanding between the EU and Tunisia on
measures to curb irregular migration from the north African
country in exchange for financial support.
Meloni reportedly sent the letter to EUMed9 member states
Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia and
Spain, as well as to European Commission President Ursula von
der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel.
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