EU promises help with migrants

The BBC report, "The European Commission says it will do more to help EU member states handle large flows of migrants." "Justice Commissioner, Franco Frattini, said he would ask member states to show more solidarity with Spain, to increase the amount of money available for border control, and to strengthen the "operational capacity" of the new EU border agency, Frontex."

However, if you read the local reports of the same story, the news is greeted with far less enthusiasm. Canarias7 headline translates as, "Brussels recognizes that it can't cope with immigration" and, La Opinión say, "Europe isn't contemplating giving more resourses to Spain to slow down illegal immigration".

(I did learn something from the coverage. The Canary Islands operation, is apparently known as Hera. She who kept a mythical orchard in the west.)

EU promises help with migrants