and, of course, we are working with frontex. frontex is not an ngo.e some people in the european parliament believe it should be an ngo. but frontex should not be an ngo. frontex is a border protection unit heavily funded by the european union. and we are always working on whatever issues arise and we always try to cooperate and try to resolve them. francine: there is no change in policy on refugees? pm mitsotakis: there has been an aggressive change on policy at the level of the council which is most welcome. we want to make sure that we place the external dimension of migration front and center. because we talk a lot about the internal dimension, which is how do we move people, once they enter the european union? who should be responsible for welcoming? are we going to have quotas? and these are difficult topics. but unless we reduce the number of people who enter the union illegally, we will not be able to address this problem. but again, this is not sufficient. we need to offer legal pathways and we need to be more effective when it comes to retur

i mean, 125,000 going into italy alone and they've got frontex is . it's they've got frontex is. a yes, a single european approach . single european approach. >> but you won't get that . so >> but you won't get that. so what you've got to do is you've got to get the southern european countries , ariz, spain, france , countries, ariz, spain, france, italy and greece . yeah, working italy and greece. yeah, working together to stop the boats coming across the mediterranean. oh, we all or the entire european union nations navies go and patrol the sea. >> i suppose where, where the entry point is around italy, around greece and around places like that, maybe that could be something. and the external borders of the eu for what it's worth, apparently 72% of people who live the european who live within the european union want the european union to do preserve its external do more to preserve its external borders. so it shouldn't be a particularly unpopular decision . but kevin, we're going to have to leave it there. i'm afraid my good man. thank you very, very much. we're a bit out of ti

according to official data from the eu external border protection agency frontex, the number of crossingsed by 136% compared to the previous year. it is expected that statistics in 2023 it will be even higher. croatian prime minister andrej plenkovic expressed the hope that the return of borders will be only temporary; in hungary, the government, which takes one of the toughest anti-migration positions in the eu, emphasized that the measures also pose a threat to the economic stability of europe. if brussels does not change its migration policy, we may end up where we would not like, in an era of europe divided by old borders, the head wrote on social networks. belgium, now a short advertisement, watch further documentary film young wine of crimea, how winemakers become, in the urals, we know that prospects are where they feel, where they wait. where they love, there are prospects, with ural sip bank, they become a reality, urals, prospects are where they howled. drops for calm with valerian, motherwort, hawthorn and mint in elemidine calm, only calm, the vtb team is with you , vtb has th

according to official data from the eu external border protection agency frontex , the number of crossings this route in 2022 increased by 136% compared to the previous year. statistics for 2023 are expected to be even higher. croatian prime minister andrej plenkovic expressed the hope that the return of borders will only temporary. and in hungary, the government, which occupies one of the toughest anti-mieties. positions in the eu, they emphasized: the measures also pose a threat to the economic stability of europe. if brussels does not change its migration policy, we may end up where we would not like, in an era of europe divided by old borders, the head of the ministry of foreign affairs of this country, petr szijjártó, wrote on social networks. regina sevastyanova, european vgtrk, brussels, belgium. this weekend , argentina found itself at a very difficult crossroads. member country large twenty and candidate country. brix members, there is indeed an unpredictable first round of perhaps the most fateful presidential election. the victory of any candidate promises difficult times for ar

frontex, course common cause. frontex, of course . mark defends outer . union. boundary of the european union. nothing uk nothing to do with the uk because we're, of course, the other all that shouldn't other side of all that shouldn't be think it's be our problem, but i think it's showing willingness to showing willing willingness to go to go to the source of the problem and help combat it. >> much would we get >> so how much more would we get in of the intelligence if in terms of the intelligence if that agreed in a formal that is agreed in a formal way? well, think could see we well, i think we could see we could a lot more could see a lot more intelligence sharing about gangs. >> it's going back to these gangs, jail them, gangs, helping jail them, finding evidence in uk, sending it to countries they it back to the countries they might maybe serbia it back to the countries they migiother maybe serbia it back to the countries they migiother places, maybe serbia it back to the countries they migiother places, and/be serbia it back to the countries they m

i think that there is going to be much more cooperation on things like the like frontex, which is thee mediterranean. but i think ultimately, you know, the only way going with way we're going to deal with this a returns this is if we have a returns agreement. and don't and agreement. and i don't and i don't see why italy is going to be more migrants when be accepting more migrants when it has such a huge numbers coming anyway. so i think a lot of this is kind of gesturing and kind of showing a bit of leg to the hard right. yeah. >> well think think you're >> well, i think i think you're probably terms kind probably right in terms of kind of bit as it of showing a bit of leg as it were, because you look were, that way, because you look at what's happening france at what's happening in france and at the moment where and germany at the moment where they're now saying, oh, we're not take migrants they're now saying, oh, we're not italy. take migrants they're now saying, oh, we're not italy. tidon't migrants they're now saying, oh, we're not italy. tidon't mig italy from italy. we don't th

and they're talking about working with frontex, which is actually really what labour wants as well .ink he the wind of their he sucked the wind out of their sails a little bit of sails a little bit ahead of their conference. their labour party conference. but , anne, you want but forgive me, anne, you want to work with organisation to to work with an organisation to help intelligence. they help share intelligence. they aren't cracking down human aren't cracking down on human traffickers . so what's traffickers either. so what's going change? going to change? >> nothing. absolutely nothing is going to change. and to suggest that he's taken the wind out of starmers sails, well , out of starmers sails, well, frankly, no, because the public won't be any more impressed by starmer talking about relying on france and cooperation with the eu than they are with rishi doing it. i don't know why he is wasting his time. he should be doing one thing and he should be saying, how do we deter people from coming? and the only way you're going to do that is through a combination of automatic detention

it was like a sort of subcommittee and they agreed to cooperate with frontex, which britain was a memberl. she was elected on a very anti european ticket the moment she got into power , she started love bombing power, she started love bombing europe because she needs their money. >> she needs their cooperation. and that's a lot of what we saw last whether it adds to last week, whether it adds to anything , last week, whether it adds to anything, i'm not sure it's a longer debate that, but it's a good start that finally britain has left behind the boris and liz and theresa may nonsense were engaging seriously as in european affairs . european affairs. >> well, it seems that rishi sunak has got a knack of doing this love bombing. he did that to ursula von der leyen. remember the they were remember the way they were looking at that looking at each other at that time? going to come mike time? i'm going to come to mike parry you think parry on this one. do you think it could potentially be enough? parry on this one. do you think it cyoui potentially be enough? parry on this one. do you think