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Europe needs humanitarian corridors for Afghan refugees -EU official Gentiloni

FILE PHOTO: EU Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni speaks during a news conference on the European Semester Spring Package in Brussels, Belgium June 2, 2021. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Pool

Europe has to create humanitarian corridors to receive refugees fleeing from Afghanistan, and also to avoid uncontrolled flows of illegal immigrants, the European Union's Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said on Tuesday in an interview.

"I think that Europe will inevitably have to equip itself for humanitarian corridors and organised reception, also to avoid uncontrolled flows of illegal immigrants. Or, at least, the countries that are willing to do so, should," he told Italian daily il Messaggero.

European Union foreign ministers will hold a crisis meeting on Tuesday to discuss the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban Islamist militants.

(Reporting by Cristina Carlevaro; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)

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