EU ministers to discuss Mediterranean crisis

EU foreign ministers will today discuss migration in the southern Mediterranean and the EU’s response to the ongoing crisis.

Foreign Affairs minister Charlie Flanagan will meet his EU counterparts at a meeting in Luxembourg, with the group already agreed on the establishment of a military operation as part of the EU’s response to the ongoing emergency.

“Operational planning has been going on for several weeks, and today the council will consider launching that mission, which will seek to disrupt the activities of illegal traffickers who ruthlessly exploit vulnerable people for profit and put their lives at risk, often taking to sea in dangerous vessels,” Mr Flanagan said.