Call for ‘hotspots’ list to aid migrants

The top security officials of Germany, France and Britain are pressing for better processing of migrants arriving in southern Europe and for a European Union-wide list of countries considered safe.

German interior minister Thomas de Maiziere, France’s Bernard Cazeneuve and Britain’s Theresa May issued a statement after consulting in Paris the previous day. They stressed the need to set up “hotspots” in Greece and Italy by the year’s end to ensure migrants are fingerprinted and registered, allowing authorities to identify quickly those in need of protection.