It is high time that member states move away from their intention to close EU borders and instead show strong forward-looking leadership on migration policies, writes Leïla Bodeux.
EU leaders will this week meet to agree, once more, on ways to keep migrants out of the EU. Out of sight may be out of mind but such a policy is only encouraging the deaths and suffering of tens of thousands of people, warns Leila Bodeux.
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