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Italy had been left to manage
the arrival of migrants from North Africa on its own for too
long, European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans said
on Tuesday.
"Many in Italy think they have been abandoned on the
migration problem. It's true that Italy has been left alone for
a long time but I struggle to explain it," Timmermans said.
"When I go to German and Sweden and see the number of
refugees, the numbers are very high and this entails a problem
of integration too.
"So as long as we continue to reject the idea that we have a
collective problem that needs collective solutions, we'll all
fail together".
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