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	Podcast:		Talking Europe
	Episode:		Europe's migration impasse: EU Commission pitches action plan amid France-Italy row
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:12:28
	Publish Date:		2022-11-25 16:37:44
	Description:		It's one emergency the EU didn’t need. Already dealing with a war on its doorstep, an energy crisis and rising inflation, the handling of the Ocean Viking – a ship carrying migrants rescued in the Mediterranean – starkly showed the limits of European solidarity. The EU Commission has put forward a plan of action, as well as proposing a new Pact on Migration and Asylum. The latter involves a solidarity mechanism that could be legally binding on EU member states in certain situations. But would more European solidarity simply encourage more migrants to come to Europe? That's a key bone of contention in our debate between two MEPs.
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