At a meeting of interior ministers in Venice, the Italian government called for an efficient EU system to redistribute refugees. The Mediterranean countries could not be the only ones hosting refugees. 20,000 migrants have arrived in Italy since the beginning of the year, 8,600 of them in May.
That was about 277 a day (in May). Deputy Interior Minister Nicola Molteni spoke of a “dramatic alarm signal”. The refugees arriving in Italy, as well as in Spain, Malta, Greece and Cyprus, must be redistributed in solidarity among a sufficiently large number of EU countries, Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese said. She met the interior ministers of the five Mediterranean countries in Venice on Saturday to discuss the current situation.
“Battling the Same Problems”
“We are trying to develop a common strategy for a common European migration policy. Our strength is that the five of us are grappling with the same issues, because we are the first countries in the EU where the migrants arrive in Europe,” said Lamorgese. Europe must actively build partnerships with third countries and help countries in difficulty with the ongoing The EU has already developed a coordinated strategy for dealing with Ukrainian war refugees and can also apply it to migration across the Mediterranean.
Concerns are growing in Rome about the increasing number of refugees reaching Europe after crossing the Mediterranean. About 20,000 people have been there since the beginning of the year.
Source: Krone
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