Quelle: Telegraph

By Matthew Holehouse, Brussels

MIGRANTS will be processed at sea in a bid to control the crisis on the central Mediterranean, under leaked EU plans.

Leaders want to create a „floating hotspot“, a huge naval vessel used a launching pad for search-and-rescue operations for migrants, attempting to reach Italy from Libya and Egypt.

It would have the capacity to hold 1,000 migrants, who would be identified, registered and fingerprinted on-board ship before being taken to Italy.

At present some migrants are escaping proper processing, often as the ships are unable to land in places with the right facilities, allowing them to leave Italy and reach countries in central Europe.

Other countries are only able to return migrants to Italy if they have been registered first.