(VOVworld) - Germany, France and Britain made a joint call Sunday for an emergency meeting of EU interior and justice ministers to seek ways to cope with the escalating migration crisis.

Migration crisis escalates in Europe (photo: rt)

In a statement issued on the sidelines of a meeting in Paris on transport security, the interior ministers of the three countries asked Luxembourg, the current EU rotating president, to organize a meeting of justice and interior ministers within the next two weeks, to find a solution to illegal migration. They also called for reception centers to be set up in Italy and Greece to register new arrivals.