Italian Interior Minister
Angelino Alfano said Tuesday that Europe "only has a few weeks"
to save the Schengen accords, urging the establishment of
hotspots and repatriation of illegal migrants
"The Amsterdam summit allowed us to say that Schengen is
saved, for today," he told Radio Capital, "but it remains under
attack because of an enormous flux of of irregular refugees and
the European incapacity to carry out decisions taken".
"We have only a few weeks to save Schengen, for now we are
working to coordinate the individual national measures but if
the flows don't diminish in May everything could blow".
"Our recipe for the future is simple - we need to make last
April's agreements work, to realise hotspots and repatriate the
irregulars".
"We want to review the Dublin regulation - 20 years ago
Europe was something different. I launched the idea of a
coalition of the willing to change this, we are working to find
more possible countries. I have not had no from Germany, and
Austria and Sweden could agree".
Alfano said that only a few asylum seekers have been
redistributed around Europe. "The idea of redistribution was
fair but it hasn't worked".
"Our proposal is to help countries who count most on the
Balkan route and ensure that the flows are reduced. How? With an
agreement with Turkey to avoid the refugees following the Balkan
route and reaching as far as the north".
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