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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and Helena Smith in Athens

More EU leaders expected to back calls for offshore asylum centres

An Italian police officer in front of high walls
An Italian officer on duty at the Italian-run migrant centre in Shëngjin, Albania, a possible model for ‘return hubs’ being explored by the EU. Photograph: Adnan Beci/AFP/Getty Images

A growing number of European leaders are expected to back calls for offshore immigration centres, as the EU casts around for tougher measures to stop asylum seekers reaching the bloc.

EU officials were preparing for intensive talks on migration at a leaders’ summit on Thursday, as it emerged that four people, including two toddlers, had died after falling overboard from an overcrowded speedboat off the Greek island of Kos.

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