G-7’s brainstorming session addresses terrorism and migration
Ischia, Italy — Group of Seven (G-7) interior ministers brainstormed on Friday on how to tackle one of the biggest security threats facing the West, as the EU promised to help close a migration route labelled a potential back door for terrorists. The group kicked off its first working session in a seafront hotel on the island of Ischia on how to deal with the potential return to Europe of foreign fighters fleeing a crumbling Islamic State (IS) group. Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti warned last week that jihadists planning revenge attacks on Europe following a decisive IS defeat in Syria could hitch lifts back to Europe on migrant boats from Libya. EU president Donald Tusk said on Thursday that the bloc would offer "stronger support for Italy’s work with the Libyan authorities", and there was "a real chance of closing the central Mediterranean route". Italy has played a major role in training Libya’s coastguard to stop human trafficking in its territorial waters, as well as m...
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