French Prime Minister Barnier said on Friday that the agreement reached in Italy to transfer asylum seekers to Albania for processing is unlikely to work in France. EU leaders are working to resolve the issue of illegal immigration, which has become a highly sensitive topic in many of the EU's 27 member states.

French Prime Minister Barnier said on Friday that the agreement reached in Italy to transfer asylum seekers to Albania for processing is unlikely to work in France. EU leaders are working to resolve the issue of illegal immigration, which has become a highly sensitive topic in many of the EU's 27 member states.