EU leaders reach breakthrough deal on migrantion, but details sketchy

European Union leaders claimed a breakthrough agreement Friday on how to deal with the pressures of migration after all-night talks helped accommodate Italian demands for more help.

The EU leaders said the agreement would bolster the bloc's external borders and improve the solidarity among member nations to ease pressure on point-of-entry nations like Greece and Italy.

The plan proposes screening migrants in North Africa for asylum eligibility and setting up control centers within the bloc by nations that would volunteer to have them.

Beyond demands from Italy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel also faced intense domestic pressure to find a breakthrough to stave off a government crisis at home.

"We got a European solution and a work of cooperation," said French President Emmanuel Macron.

For several years now, EU nations have been trying to stem the flow...