EU's Juncker calls for legal immigration to curb tragedies
Strasbourg (France) (AFP) - European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday urged EU nations to increase legal immigration in a bid to avoid more migrant deaths in the Mediterranean.
Juncker's comments angered his own centre-right party in the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, France, where he made the comments.
He expressed disappointment with the outcome of last week's emergency EU summit held in Brussels in the wake of the deadliest migrant shipwreck yet in the Mediterranean.
"We must work on legal immigration. If we close the doors, migrants will break in through the windows," Juncker told MEPs. ...