Alarmed by rising xenophobic rhetoric in Europe, Greece will seek common ground at a mini-summit in Athens on Friday with fellow southern EU states struggling with migration. The huddle between the European Union's seven Mediterranean states is aimed at fighting "marginal, racist" views and "intolerance" in the bloc, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday. With France's Francois Hollande and Italy's Matteo Renzi in attendance, the gathering comes less than two weeks after rescuers saved a one-day record of 6,500 migrants making the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe.
