European Leaders in UK for Talks About More Talks on Illegal Migration

Europe’s leaders gathered at an English country mansion Thursday for 24-hours of talks designed to address illegal migration flooding the Continent ahead of more talks due later in the year on the same pressing topic.

Newly elected left-wing U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is welcoming some 45 heads of government to discuss the issue as well as energy security and the threat from Russia.

AP reports the government confirmed he’ll tell the European Political Community gathering the U.K. plans to “take a more active and greater convening role on the world stage,” especially by helping Ukraine fight Russia’s invasion and working to crack down on the people-smuggling gangs organizing illegal migration.

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The guest list includes German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.

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