French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend a meeting with EU and African leaders to discuss how to ease the European Union's migrant crisis, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on August 28, 2017. Seven African and European leaders met in Paris on August 28 to try to build a "new relationship" aimed at stemming the flow of migrants into Europe from northern Africa in return for aid. / AFP PHOTO / ludovic MARIN