U.N. chief urges EU to keep up solidarity for migrants - newspaper

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attends a session at the 2015 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings in Lima, Peru, October 9, 2015. REUTERS/Paco Chuquiure

ROME (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called on the European Union to continue to work together to manage its worst migrant crisis since World War Two, and praised the bloc's efforts to tackle what he described as a global phenomenon.

"I hope that the European Union, and also Italy, continues to show global solidarity," Ban said in an interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.