Spain, Italy, Greece, Malta and Cyprus call for 'immediate funding' to tackle migration on the 'south border' of the EU

"This common position will be beneficial for the rest of the Member States and for the EU as a whole. If EU arrivals start with us, European funding must also start with us," he stressed.

Spain, Italy, Greece, Malta and Cyprus, which form the MED5 group, urged the EU on Saturday to grant "immediate and unconditional financing" to the "Member States on the front line of the southern border".In the declaration issued at the end of the summit of their Home Affairs Ministers in Naples (South Italy), those countries called on the European Union (EU) to "maintain solidarity and the fair sharing of responsibilities" in the implementatio…