European Council to Hold emergency meeting on immigration Thursday.
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Brussels, 21 April 2105(Lana) Heads of the European Union's member
states will gather for an emergency meeting on immigration on
Thursday, European Council President Donald Tusk announced Monday.
"I have decided to call an extraordinary European Council this
Thursday to address situation in Mediterranean," Tusk said on his
Twitter account.
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Sunday called for a
similar meeting, which was positively received by European leaders.
In a press conference, after a meeting with European foreign,
defence and interior ministers , Renzi expressed hope that the summit
would be held before the end of next week. 'We are not talking about
ordinary matters but about human lives', he said.
The call came on the eve of the sinking of a boat carrying some
900 immigrants on Sunday off the Libyan coast, trying to reach the
Italian Island of Lampedusa.
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