Italy can't manage the migrant
phenomenon alone, Premier Mario Draghi told parliament
Wednesday.
"The management [of migrants] cannot just be Italian," he told
the Lower House in remarks ahead of the upcoming EU summit.
"The obligation to solidarity divides, and an alternative is
needed," he said of failed EU plans to redistribute the burden.
Draghi said the EU should be "more incisive" on repatriations
and migrant corridors.
He also said the EU had "broad agreement" on overcoming the
Dublin Regulation which calls for migrants to be registered in
their country of arrival.
There was a similar agreement, he added, that more should be
done to help countries of migrant origin.
In other remarks, Draghi said: the stabilization of the Sahel
is an Italian priority; that he had successfully asked that
migrants be on the EU summit agenda; that repatriations should
be implemented while respecting the dignity of persons; and that
"integration is needed or we produce enemies".
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