EU-Africa summit on migration crisis opens in Malta

European Union and African leaders on Wednesday began a two-day summit in Malta aimed at agreeing a joint strategy to tackle the migration crisis. The EU plans to offer increased aid to African countries in return for their help in stemming the unprecedented flow of migrants and refugees to Europe, including accelerated repatriation of those deemed to be economic migrants. The summit in Valletta was called after nearly 800 people died in April in a shipwreck in waters south of Malta after being