The EU Must Fix Its North African Immigration Problem

Tragically, it’s Groundhog Day in the Mediterranean. Around 400 migrants are feared dead after drowning between Libya and Italy. And just two days ago, Italian coastguards rescued over 6,000 stricken migrants who had attempted to reach Europe from the north African coast.

Both scenarios are desperately familiar. The former echoes disasters in February 2015 and September 2014. And, in fact, most of last summer, which saw record numbers die in the Mediterranean.