EU presses African nations to accept migrants back
The European Union has come up with a plan to help reduce the number of migrants: expel some who don't qualify for asylum and give them EU papers to fly to Africa, calling on African countries to let them travel onwards to their home.
A top African Union official called the idea "unheard-of" and migration experts said it represents a sign of desperation. At the very least, it will make for heated discussions at a migration summit that began Wednesday in Malta.
The talks on the Mediterranean island are being held not far from where rescue ships have plucked thousands of people from the seas this year. According to the International Organization for Migration, almost 800,000 people have entered Europe by sea this year. The EU predicts that three million more could arrive by 2017.
