Leaders from Mediterranean nations stress the need for a robust European strategy to address the causes of migration, saying current solutions fall short.
Front-line countries is struggling to deal with arrivals, but everyone will be overwhelmed without "structural" solutions from the bloc, Meloni says / Photo: AFP.
A sharp rise in migrants landing on the Italian island of Lampedusa earlier this month has reignited tensions within the bloc and provided impetus to work for a fresh common strategy. But Meloni, whose hard-right government was elected a year ago, said the redistribution of arriving migrants was not enough - a message reiterated in the"Med 9" joint statement.Tackling illegal migration calls for"a sustained and holistic European response", the leaders of Croatia, Greek-administered Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Slovenia and a representative of Spain said.
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