Will Europe’s new migration pact be effective?
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. Today: the European Union has approved a new “migration pact” of ten laws. We argue that it will require diplomacy and an extraordinary number of institutions to work together.
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