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By Laurence Peter BBC News
The arrival of boatloads of poor and desperate migrants in Europe has put pressure on
the EU to find a solution.
Mediterranean disasters, in which hundreds of migrants drowned, shocked Europe in
2013-2014. There have been many calls for co-ordinated EU action to intercept
people traffickers and assess asylum seekers before they reach Europe.
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But championing the rights of poor migrants is difficult as the economic climate is
still gloomy, many Europeans are unemployed and wary of foreign workers, and EU
countries are divided over how to share the refugee burden.
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From: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24583286