![French President Emmanuel Macron leaves after delivering a joint statement with French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, International Organization for Migration Director-General Antonio Vitorino, French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner, European Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos and UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/PBUHU335QJXEPFPEBYIS77J3AQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=359d661cefe4711a7302412f488cb904232791172cbb60a0e9a35b6fb470ff2e&width=400&height=225)
French President Emmanuel Macron leaves after delivering a joint statement on migration. Reuters
French President Emmanuel Macron leaves after delivering a joint statement on migration. Reuters
Macron: EU countries agree to new migrant 'mechanism'
French leader asks for member states to spread migrants from southern shores across the bloc
Shafi Musaddique
23 July, 2019