ROME—The leaders of France and Italy called on the European Union to overhaul its border policy in an effort to stop the influx of migrants unleashed by North African unrest, but failed to reach a concrete agreement over how Europe should handle the wave.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi issued a joint letter at the end of a summit here on Tuesday that pressed the EU to reinforce patrols of European borders and stem the flow of migrants from Tunisia and Libya.
The letter stopped short, however, of making concrete demands, ducking the thorniest issue facing Europe: What to do about the more than 25,000 migrants who have already landed on Italian shores, many with plans to hopscotch across the Continent to richer economies.
Instead, the summit seemed to underscore the EU's lack of a common policy on immigration. That policy vacuum has led to clashes between France and Italy over the past month as migrants, after reaching the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, which is off the coast of Tunisia, have begun making their way toward the French border.
France, in an attempt to wall off the flow of migrants, has resurrected patrols and checkpoints along its border with Italy
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi issued a joint letter at the end of a summit here on Tuesday that pressed the EU to reinforce patrols of European borders and stem the flow of migrants from Tunisia and Libya.
The letter stopped short, however, of making concrete demands, ducking the thorniest issue facing Europe: What to do about the more than 25,000 migrants who have already landed on Italian shores, many with plans to hopscotch across the Continent to richer economies.
Instead, the summit seemed to underscore the EU's lack of a common policy on immigration. That policy vacuum has led to clashes between France and Italy over the past month as migrants, after reaching the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, which is off the coast of Tunisia, have begun making their way toward the French border.
France, in an attempt to wall off the flow of migrants, has resurrected patrols and checkpoints along its border with Italy
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703956904576286930610634842.html
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