BRUSSELS — European Union (EU) and African leaders trying to stop migrants from crossing the Mediterranean in perilous conditions unveiled a raft of measures on Thursday designed to boost development and crack down on human trafficking.A summit bringing together about 80 leaders from the two continents touched on security, business and climate change, with sideline talks on the violence-hit Central African Republic.The summit caused two days of traffic snarls in Brussels.After tragic scenes of migrants storming fences in Spain and drownings off the Italian island of Lampedusa, delegates drew up a detailed plan to boost legal immigration while trying to dissuade Africans from trying to reach Europe illegally."If we concentrate on improving the skills of our people, investing in them, they will not have to come through Lampedusa," said Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, head of the African Union (AU) Commission. "They’ll come through the airports and the ports and they will be welcome," she said...
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