Virus may push more asylum-seekers to EU

May 12, 2020 1:12 pm

The European Asylum Support Agency reports the coronavirus has led to a short-term drop in migration. FRANCE 24’s international affairs editor Douglas Herbert says this may lead to a surge of migration, from regions including sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, to Europe in the future.

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