Saturday, October 26, 2013

Europe Turns Its Eye to Migration Policies, Amid Another Sea Rescue --- BRUSSELS — European Union leaders agreed Friday on a timetable for overhauling the bloc’s policy on migration and asylum just hours after the scale and urgency of the challenge were brought into stark focus by the rescue of more than 700 refugees overnight near Sicily. --- The leaders, including President François Hollande of France, said that by the end of the year, individual member states would dedicate more equipment like aircraft and boats to a collective effort to patrol the Mediterranean Sea. - More, nytimes

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