We are watching Lampedusa with concern - Berlin

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 15 - Germany is watching with concern the situation on Lampedusa following the arrival of record numbers of migrants and refugees by sea, a spokesperson for the German interior ministry told reporters on Friday.
    Spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit also confirmed that Berlin will resume procedures to transfer asylum seekers from Italy under the voluntary solidarity mechanism agreed at European level in 2022 when Rome reactivates the Dublin regulation stipulating that asylum claims must be processed in the EU country of first entry unless otherwise agreed.
    "Germany is very supportive," Hebestreit added.
    Italy is struggling to handle a very significant increase in sea arrivals from Africa.
    Many of the migrants and refugees arriving on its territory intend to move on to other European countries further north.
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