EU plans to return African migrants home with 'laissez passer' travel documents

‘Unheard-of’ idea discussed as 14 people die off coast of Turkey.

The European Union has come up with a plan to help reduce the number of migrants: expel some who don’t qualify for asylum and give them EU papers to fly to Africa, calling on African countries to let them travel onwards to their home.

A top African Union official called the idea “unheard-of” and migration experts said it represents a sign of desperation.