10:51, 24-Jun-2018
EU Migrant Crisis: European leaders to discuss migration policies Sunday
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Turning to Brussels, where German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for an informal summit of EU leaders, to discuss the migration crisis. CGTN's Kevin Ozebek reports on what's expected at the event.
KEVIN OZEBEK BRUSSELS "As we head into this informal summit set for Sunday-it's clear migration is deeply dividing the EU. German Chancellor Angela Merkel requested this summit to keep her coalition at home afloat. Her interior minister is pressuring her to keep Germany's borders closed to migrants who've already applied for asylum elsewhere in the EU.
Italy's new populist Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is coming here with the aim of making other EU countries take in more migrants to relieve Italy of the thousands its hosting.
We'll see if the German chancellor and the Italian prime minister can leave Brussels on Sunday on the same page when it comes to where they want EU migration policy to go.
Not all 28 EU leaders are attending Sunday-but they will all be on Brussels on Thursday for a formal EU summit. Migration will be discussed again then-and the goal of the European Commission is to have that summit end with a clear consensus on where the bloc should go regarding migration policy. Kevin Ozebek, CGTN, Brussels."