Europe Attempts to Tackle Migrant Issue

The European Union's Commissioner for Migrants has promised a war against people smugglers and has said that migrants who travel to EU countries for purely economic reasons will be returned home. However, Dimitris Avramopoulos said tens of thousands of refugees fleeing conflict zones like Syria were entitled to be in Europe and that some countries could be doing more to help them.

Financial markets in Asia and Australia are showing resilience, despite further falls in China on the Shanghai stock exchange.

South Korea says it has stopped broadcasting propaganda across the border into the North. Silencing the loudspeakers was part of an agreement reached after marathon negotiations to avert a possible military confrontation between the two countries.

(Photo: Dimitris Avramopoulos Credit: Reuter)