Premier Paolo Gentiloni on
Wednesday called for "a greater European effort to face the
migrant phenomenon which has a structural dimension and concerns
the entire European Union", in a reply to a July 25 letter from
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
Gentiloni said "it is fundamental that the EU's member States
should agree to finance in a significant way, already before the
European council meeting in October, the EU trust fund for
Africa, also to support the activity of the UNHCR and the IOM in
Libya".
Italy is sparing no energy on the migrant crisis, Gentiloni
said Wednesday told Juncker.
"Italy is not sparing any energy to respond, with a national
mobilisation, to the challenges" of the migrant crisis, the
premier wrote.
Gentiloni said "we appreciate the European Commission's
determination to be at Italy's side (on migrants) and maintain a
constant dialogue with the Italian authorities, through the
permanent contact group coordinated by your Cabinets in
Brussels".
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