donna kane has more not from brussels. it is not particularly surprising, given that the mood music here was that it was unlikely that a definitive solution would emerge from this meeting. while i've been lots of warm words, i have a statement from the cheque minister of the interior, who obviously has been presiding over this and says effectively that today's meeting ministers reiterate, reiterated that commitment to finding concrete common solutions that can be put in place immediately. while working closely together on concluding the ongoing migration reform as soon as possible, but not saying what that means, what is as soon as possible, as we know the french and the italians have widely divergent views on this particular topic and have been making that clear over the course of the past few weeks, and it's not just there that there is disagreement. there's also some concern from other member states about the balkan route. that is the route which the greek government has spoken about, but other balkan countries in the y

donna kane, as more from brussels. it is not particularly surprising, given that the mood music here was that it was unlikely that a definitive solution would emerge from this meeting. while i've been lots of warm words, i have a statement from the cheque minister of the interior, who obviously has been presiding over this and says effectively that today's meeting ministers reiterated that commitment to find in concrete common solutions that can be put in place immediately. while working closely together on completing the ongoing migration reform as soon as possible, but not saying what that means, what is as soon as possible, as we know the french and the italians have widely divergent views on this particular topic and have been making that clear over the course of the past few weeks, and it's not just there that there is disagreement. there's also some concern from other member states about the balkan route. that is the route which the greek government has spoken about, but other balkan countries in the you who have

donna kane, reporting from brussels less now speak to natasha butler. she's joining us runs and kurt, that's in the north of france. natasha besides being las channel and it's a key roots for people trying to reach the u. k. what's the situation like there now what you've got is many of those, some of those asylum seekers that reach the you via the mediterranean route or overland or via the so called western boykin's route, where some of them end up here in northern france in places like dunkirk and cali because they want to try and reach the u. k. their perception is that they would have a better life. they're more opportunities for work. sometimes our family, sometimes the english language makes, they think the english language is going to make it easier for them to integrate into society. and what they do is they wait here. and over the past few years, we've seen asylum seekers either tried to smuggle themselves into the back of trucks or trains in order to reach you k. but in recent years, a real increase in the number of people taking the small boa