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Representatives of the 28 EU Member States agreed Friday on a common migration policy to try to coordinate the so-called migrant and refugee crisis, which particularly affects Italy, Malta , Spain and Greece
And it is precisely Italy that has shown more satisfaction at dawn. The President of the Italian Council (Prime Minister) Giuseppe Conte threatened to block several key points of the agenda of the European summit if the Dublin Regulation was not revised. Conte asks first and foremost "more solidarity" from European representatives
"Italy is no longer alone", said the Italian leader to reporters after the announcement of the agreement, which threatened to block the final conclusions.
It was nine hours of debate and blockage before an agreement that insisted on a "new approach" to the issue of migration.
A new approach providing, among other things, for the development of platforms for the reception and control of migrants with the aim of reducing as much as possible the risky crossings of the Mediterranean
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Member States can create migrant shelters
In addition to a voluntary program – no state will be obliged to do so – platforms should also make a "quick" distinction between those who are considered as illegal migrants and legitimate claimants of the law on refugees
European representatives pleaded for reception and selection platforms as an appropriate mechanism for the need to end what they define as the "economic model of smugglers", which makes migrants hostages
. Member States to take all necessary measures to prevent the movement of migrants between Member States, many of whom wish to join Germany, a country considered to offer the best conditions to people who have fled.
A problem of particular concern to the German Chancellor, Angela Merke 1, under pressure from her government, as a result of a policy of refugee openness the peak of the crisis , which earned it severe criticism from the CDU
The Federal Ministry of Interior of the Bavarian CSU threatened to leave the coalition if no harsher measures were taken. was taken against
The German Chancellor was therefore enthusiastic with regard to the agreement
"I am optimistic after the agreement today and with the fact that we can continue to work., even though much remains to be done to reconcile the different points of view, "Merkel told reporters
. Several points to solve
Diplomatic sources told the Agence France Presse that after long negotiations, based on the proposals made by the Italian Prime Minister, with the French President, Emmanuel Macron.
A member of the Italian delegation even advanced to AFP that he presides
The summit took place after weeks of tension between Italy and the European partners because of the Rome refusal to allow ships with hundreds of migrants landing in the ports of the Mediterranean country, namely Aquarius and Lifeline, who finally docked in the Spanish port of Valencia and the Maltese archipelago
Always pending "consensus" on the Dublin Regulation, whose reform has been requested for two years. No date is envisaged for the moment, even if this European summit has been announced as the deadline for a definitive change.
The legislation entrusts to the countries of entry of refugees in the European Union the main responsibility for the management of requests for
For the moment, the European Commission proposes, in this period of crisis, a distribution of asylum seekers from the place of arrival.
But several countries oppose this measure, such as Hungary, Poland and Austria. Italy, for its part, called for a permanent system of distribution of asylum seekers and the abandonment of the principle of responsibility of the country in which applicants were admitted
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