The migrant situation on Lampedusa
has become unsustainable and the European Union EU) needs to
step in, Business and Made in Italy Minister Adolfo Urso said on
Sunday.
"The situation in Lampedusa is there for all to see, but it is
Europe that must help Italy to best manage it," Urso told
reporters following a visit to the hotspot in Contrada
Imbriacola and Favarolo quay, where the majority of migrants and
refugees arriving on the tiny Sicilian island are disembarked.
"The situation here is unsustainable, and solutions must be
found to reduce (the number of arrivals) on the one hand and to
further strengthen the existing provisions (to manage them) on
the other," he added.
The quay at Favarolo is littered with fuel canisters removed
from abandoned migrant boats, clothes, shoes and thermal
blankets, while in the water small boats are amassed pending
disposal.
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