The European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, has visited a migrant reception centre on the Italian island of Lampedusa, after the country’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni called for EU help with small boat arrivals following the influx of more than 8,000 migrants on the island over the past three days.
Ms von der Leyen acknowledged on Sunday that the issue was “a European challenge and needs a European answer”.
