Busuttil questions PM’s statement on migration

The Prime Minister’s statement on irregular migration at the end of an EU summit suggested he was either oblivious to past council meeting conclusions or else he needed to clarify himself, the Opposition leader said yesterday. Simon Busuttil was reacting to a statement on Friday night that for the very first time European leaders had accepted in principle the sharing of responsibility on the issue of irregular migration. Dr Busuttil said in comments to Times of Malta that there was absolutely no mention on burden sharing in the summit’s conclusion. The only reference made was about “fair sharing of responsibility”, which was no new development as it had been repeatedly stated in summit conclusions over the previous 10 years. “The Prime Minister should clarify his statement because he either came back with nothing new or he has not been reading summit conclusions for the past decade, or both,” the Opposition leader said. More in The Sunday Times of Malta and the e-paper on timesofmalta.com Premium.