Kathleen Newland on Mediterranean migrant crisis

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For more on the migrant crisis across the Mediterranean, CCTV America interviewed Kathleen Newland. She is the Co-Founder of the Migration Policy Institute. There, she directs a program on Migrants, Migration, and Development and leads refugee protection work.


EU seeks UN support to tackle migrant smuggling

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini wants United Nations backing for an EU mission to identify and destroy vessels used to smuggle migrants from Libyan shores to the southern coast of Italy a sea route that has proven deadly for thousands of refugees fleeing conflicts in Africa and the Middle East. CCTV America’s Liling Tan filed this report from New York.