Home affairs minister Carmelo Abela called for efforts to reduce the number of migrant arrivals to better manage the situation, during an extraordinary meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Brussels.

Mr Abela stressed the current migration crisis was a global challenge requiring not only the implementation of measures agreed at EU level, but also the increased engagement of the inter­national community.

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