Summit set to see calls for new global action on refugees and migration
GALVINISING SUPPORT for action to tackle the migrant crisis and growing the global economy will be the European Union’s priorities at this weekend’s G20 summit, according to its most senior figures.
EU Council president Donald Tusk and Commission president Jean Claude-Juncker have also called for a fresh action on the financing of terrorism.
The summit in China will bring together representatives of 20 of the biggest economies from around the world.
A letter to European leaders spelling out the EU’s priorities called for a “global response” to the refugee and migration crisis.
It said: “We will call for scaling up humanitarian and development assistance, resettlement, support for refugees and their host communities through international financial institutions and tackling irregular migration.”
The letter also demanded leading economic nations “stand together in combatting the financing of terrorism”.
Meanwhile, Labour has urged Theresa May to use the summit to underline that the UK remains open for business despite the uncertainty triggered by the vote to leave the European Union.
Barry Gardiner, Shadow International Trade Secretary, said the Government was sending “mixed messages” to international investors, in particular over the ongoing indecision on whether to go ahead with the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant which will be built by a French company in partnership with the Chinese.
He said: “Theresa May needs to signal to the world that the UK is not plagued by indecision. Past form chopping and changing support to major energy projects like carbon capture and storage has unsettled investors.”