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Interior ministers from 14 nations and the European Union agreed Monday to boost cooperation to tackle the migrant crisis along the deadly central Mediterranean route, promising to address why migrants leave home and to beef up actions against human traffickers.

In a declaration at the meeting in the Tunisian capital of Tunis, the ministers also agreed to inform people about the risks of illegal migration and the possibility of voluntarily returning home.

It was the second meeting of the group of European and African countries and it included Libya, a smuggling haven for migrants. The gathering also came a day before France hosts two Libyan rivals, the U.N.-backed prime minister and a powerful general, in a bid to stabilize the chaotic North African nation.

The ministers focused on Libya, since according to French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb, 95 percent of the migrants flowing across the sea into Europe comes from Libya.

"As long as a stable government is not in place, the control of this flux cannot be assured," Collomb said.

In the first half of 2017, nearly 84,000 migrants have arrived in Italy by sea, a 20 percent increase from the same period last year, and more than 2,200 others have apparently died trying to reach Europe across the Mediterranean, according to the International Organization for Migration.

The meeting's final declaration said a global commitment to immigration is needed with a shared sense of responsibility and solidarity to tackle the crisis.

"There is no magic solution. No nation can alone deal with the migratory flux and no nation is sheltered from it," Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti said after the meeting, stressing the need for a common strategy.

The statement said public development aid is needed to fight the causes of migration and create more opportunities at home, as well as to help border authorities with training, equipment and infrastructure.

"We have to stick together," said Dimitris Avramopoulos, European commissioner for migration. He insisted "Europe is not a fortress," but added that legal migration procedures must be followed.

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Germanys Social Democratic (SPD) leader Martin Schulz warned Sunday that another wave of uncontrolled immigration could hit the country if it fails to act.

Schulz accused Chancellor Angela Merkel of ignoring the refugee issue during her campaignto secure a fourth term in office in Septembers general election. Schulz, who has fallen far behind Merkel in polls, argued hes better prepared to lead when the next migrant crisis strikes the country.

In 2015 more than 1million refugees came to Germany, mostly without government monitoring, Schulz told Bild in an interview published Sunday. The chancellor opened ourborder with Austria for humanitarian reasons but unfortunately without consultingour partners in Europe. If we dont act now, that situation could repeat itself.

Andreas Scheuer, the general secretary of Merkels allies the Christian Social Union, called Schulz untrustworthy and dubious for criticizing Merkel when his party has opposed measures to cut the migrant influx in the past.

More deportations, more secure countries of origin, border controls and transits SPD and Martin Schulz have blocked all thisforcefully, Scheuer said, according to Die Welt.

CDU leaderHorst Seehofer told Welt that the government has to acknowledge that the migrant crisis will continue with more and more people attempting to cross the Mediterranean sea from Africa.

Right now the situation is quiet, Seehofer said. But we all know: the migration wave will continue.

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[Sundays] tragedy is why I made passing Senate Bill 4 to ban sanctuary cities which is now law a top priority, the Republican Lt. Governor posted on Facebook. Sanctuary cities entice people to believe they can come to America and Texas and live outside the law. Sanctuary cities also enable human smugglers and cartels.

Initially, eight people lost their lives from exposure to the heat and lack of water after human smugglers left 39 people locked in the back of a refrigerated trailer with a failed air conditioner. The death toll rose to nine later on Sunday and then to 10 early Monday.

[T]hese people paid a terrible price and demonstrate why we need a secure border and legal immigration reform so we can control who enters our country, Patrick wrote. We continue to pray for the families and friends of the victims.

Officials identified the driver of the truck as 60-year-old James Mathew Bradley, Breitbart Texas reported. He is a resident of Clearwater, Florida, according to the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Western District of Texas. He is due in court Monday to face charges that will likely include murder and human smuggling.

Walmart employees became aware of the peoplebeing trapped in the trailer after one of the aliens approached them and asked for water. Police arrived at the scene shortly after midnight Sunday morning. At least 29 fire rescue units responded and two AirLIFE helicopters assisted in transporting the most critically ill patients.

Surveillance cameras showed a number of automobiles coming to pick up individuals in the trailer. Authorities suspect a human smuggling operation was underway.

Medical teams transportednearly two dozen people to local hospitals, including two 15-year-old males. All of the deceased illegal aliens are reported to be adult males.

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BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts police do not have the authority to detain illegal immigrants solely to buy time for federal law enforcement officials to take them into custody, the state's top court ruled on Monday.

The decision amounts to a rejection of requests by the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency for courts and law enforcement agencies to hold illegal immigrants, who are facing civil deportation orders, in custody for up to 48 hours after their cases are resolved.

The Supreme Judicial Court ruled that doing so amounts to a fresh arrest of the person that is not authorized by state law, in the first such ruling to apply to an entire state, according to Massachusetts' attorney general.

"Massachusetts law provides no authority for Massachusetts court officers to arrest and hold an individual solely on the basis of a Federal civil immigration detainer, beyond the time that the individual would otherwise be entitled to be released from State custody," the court wrote in its decision.

The case focused on Sreynuon Lunn from Cambodia. Federal officials said he entered the United States as a refugee in 1985 and was ordered deported to Cambodia in 2008 after a series of criminal convictions. Cambodia declined to accept him and he was released.

Lunn was arrested in Boston last year on an unarmed robbery charge and ordered released in February after prosecutors failed to present a case.

Federal ICE officials took him into custody while he remained in his holding cell, an event that made his case moot. The court agreed to hear the case on the premise that the issue would come up again.

The U.S. Justice Department had argued that the 48-hour detainer requests reflected basic practices of cooperation between various law enforcement agencies.

Attorneys for Lunn and the state had largely agreed that Massachusetts lacked the authority.

"This decision allows local law enforcement to focus their resources on keeping people safe," said Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, in a statement.

U.S. President Donald Trump has made cracking down on illegal immigration a top priority of his administration.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts praised the decision.

"At a timewhen the Trump administrationis pushing aggressive and discriminatory immigration enforcement policies, Massachusetts is leading nationwide efforts by limiting how state and local lawenforcement assist," the group's executive director, Carol Rose, said in a statement.

ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Reporting by Scott Malone; Editing by David Gregorio and Phil Berlowitz

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