Southern EU countries call for more robust migration deal during talks in Malta

A Libyan coast guard boat rammed into a small dingy carrying some 50 migrants near Libya's coast on Friday, a sea rescue group said.

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00:00 Leaders of nine southern European countries have called for the EU to finalize a new migration

00:06 and asylum deal, and to beef up efforts to prevent departures from North Africa.

00:12 Following talks held in Malta on Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron called for a united

00:18 European response to migration issues.

00:21 The summit came as a sea rescue group said that a Libyan coast guard boat had rammed

00:26 into a small dinghy carrying some 50 migrants just off the country's coast.

00:32 (whooshing)