It will be the first meeting between the five Mediterranean countries since the tragic shipwreck in Calabria. Today, the Italian authorities found the body of another child this morning.
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The ministers of the interior of Italy, Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Spain are meeting today in Malta as part of the MED5 group, the first meeting between the five Mediterranean countries since the tragic Calabrian shipwreck (southern Italy), where at least 69 migrants died last Sunday.
“Everything is ready for the start of the MED5 meeting in our country. During this meeting, ministers discuss a common position on migration and asylum“, the receiving minister, Byron Camilleri, stated on the official website.
Along with the Maltese minister, Italian Matteo Piantedosi, Spaniard Fernando Grande Marlaska and Greek Notis Mitarachi will participate, as well as Cypriot undersecretary Costas Constantinou, the Maltese interior ministry said.
During the day there will be three working sessionsat the end of which Mediterranean officials are expected to give a joint press conference.
The death toll rises to 69
The Italian authorities located this morning the corpse of another childbringing the number of fatalities, including 15 minors, to 69, recovered from the shipwreck that occurred last Sunday off the coast of Crotone (Calabria, southern Italy).
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Source: EITB
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