EU pledges crackdown on ‘brutal’ migrant smuggling as Italy seeks N. Africa blockade

Nearly 7,000 migrants arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa from Tunisia this week, and the Red Cross said that 3,800 remained on the island on Friday.

MILAN (AP) — EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged the swift return of “irregular” migrants to their home countries and a crackdown on the “brutal business” of migrant smuggling Sunday during a visit with Italy’s premier to a tiny fishing island  today!

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