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Minister Mller said he is deeply concerned over the rise in migrants crossing from North Africa to Europe so far this year. In the first three months of 2017, the number of migrants has doubled from this period in 2016. Mller warned: If we calculate this, 300,000 to 400,000 people could arrive in Italy this year, Die Welt reports.

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Last year a record 180,000 migrants crossed the Mediterranean, and many thousands drownedon the way. According to Mller, Europe needs toadopt a radically different approach to African migration. Along with Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen, he reaffirmed a joint security agreement with countries in Africa this week.

Defence Ministervon der Leyen said: Without security, there is no development and no development without security and no peace. Both ministers urged the European Union (EU) to work closer with African nations politically, militarily, and economically.

In January, Mller proposed the bloc should adopt apolicy similar to the Marshall Plan which helped rebuild the German economy after the Second World War. He emphasised policiesthat would cut aid or put sanctions on countries for not taking migrants back, like the proposalbacked by German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere, couldincrease the number of people making the trip to Europe.

Last year, Mller warned the migrant crisis had barely begun saying he thought there could be a further eight to 10 million people who would try and come to Europe from the Middle East.

One politicianwho agrees that the migrant crisis is likely only beginning is President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, In a recent interview, Tajani said he thought there could be as many as 30 million more migrants from Africa coming to Europe in the next several years.

Tajani, likeMller, said he thought the EU should be more active in Africa and said EU member states should invest billions into struggling African economies.

The Geneva-based International Labour Organization (ILO) put out a report earlier this year saying the economies of African nations simply couldnt keep up with their high birth rates which would inevitably lead to many migrating to Europe to find work.

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