[(Title)] EU leaders plan to beef up borders to stop flow of migrants.

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are set to push ahead with plans to boost cooperation with North African countries and beef up the bloc's borders in an effort to stop migrants entering Europe.

欧盟领导人将推进与北非国家合作的计划，并扩大欧盟边境以阻止移民进入欧洲。

A draft statement prepared for their summit Thursday emphasizes the need to step up cooperation with countries that people leave and transit through to seek shelter or better lives in Europe.

为周四峰会准备的声明草案强调，需要加强与一些国家的合作。人们为了寻求在欧洲的庇护或更好的生活而离开或者经过这些国家。

They said that work with those countries on "investigating, apprehending and prosecuting smugglers and traffickers should be intensified." They also called for a joint smuggling task force to be set up.

他们表示，应加强与这些国家在"侦查、逮捕和起诉偷渡和走私者"方面的合作，并呼吁成立一个联合工作队。

Well over 1 million migrants entered Europe in 2015, most of them Syrians and Iraqis fleeing conflict, but numbers have dropped significantly since the EU began outsourcing the challenge to Turkey.

2015年，超过100万移民进入欧洲，其中大多数是叙利亚人和逃离冲突的伊拉克人。