
Flags with EU symbols near the building of the European Commission in Brussels. File photoBRUSSELS, Jul 11 The European Commission urged EU countries to prepare for a possible influx of migrants due to rising global food and energy prices.»People may no longer feel safe in their own countries and try to leave «, — said the European Commissioner for Internal Affairs, Ylva Johansson, following an informal meeting of the heads of the Ministers of Internal Affairs of the EU countries in Prague. She explained that rising energy and food prices could provoke instability in other countries, cause a surge in terrorism and organized crime. «No one can predict of the magnitude of this phenomenon, but we are working on two fronts: we have called on the governments of the member states to start planning in case more people arrive on the territory of the EU. We are trying to prevent this. To do this, it is important to work with partner states,» she stressed
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