Italy to sign anti-trafficking agreement with Egypt - Tajani

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 11 - Italy is to sign an agreement with Egypt to prevent migrant trafficking, Foreign Minister and Deputy Premier Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday.
    "We will work with Egypt for the stability of the Mediterranean area, we will sign an agreement to stop human traffickers," said Tajani after meeting with the Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Abdoul Gheit in Cairo.
    During the meeting, the minister said he had "reiterated Italy's commitment to welcoming legal migrants, about half a million over three years, but also its strong determination to fight human traffickers who exploit the desperation of people from Africa and the Middle East to make money, in the knowledge that they will not have an easy life in Europe". (ANSA).