Italy has been left "very alone"
on the issue of migrant relocation, German Chancellor Angela
Merkel said Wednesday.
Speaking at the Labour 20 meeting of the G20, she said
"Germany has pledged to take in 500 refugees every month, we're
trying to do our bit."
She said thousands of refugees were reaching Italian shores
every day, "for the EU it is very deplorable that we do not have
a joint system of redistribution and that Italy is left very
alone with this issue".
Merkel also said more should be done to help Italy on migrant
repatriations.
"We must help Italy also to make sure that the refugees who
are not entitled to stay may return to their countries of
origin", she said.
Merkel added that conditions in migrant camps in Libya were
"frightful".
Frontex said Tuesday that 37,200 migrants arrived in Italy
through the Central Mediterranean route in the first four months
of 2017, up 33% with respect to the same period last year.
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