The unwillingness of
"certain countries" to respect decisions taken by the EU on
migrant quotas and relocation is "unacceptable", Premier Paolo
Gentiloni said Friday.
Earlier Gentiloni stressed that rewriting the Dublin
Regulation on migrants registering in country of arrival and
relocation remain stumbling blocks to an accord at the European
Union summit in Brussels.
"The internal dimension, the Dublin rules, internal borders
are a stumbling block," he said.
Gentiloni also said "we have not succeeded in overcoming the
opposition that persists in the Visegrad countries who refuse
the decision to make migrant quotas compulsory".
The Italian premier said that from yesterday's meeting "it
was very clear" that "openings to consider optional the European
rules on the relocation of migrants are not shared by the EU".
The Visegrad Group, also called the Visegrad Four, or V4 is a
cultural and political alliance of four Central European states:
the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.
Italy's efforts to cope with a migrant emergency have been
recognised by its European Union partners, Gentiloni added at
the EU summit.
"This year's Italian initiative has been appreciated in a
very significant way, and it is important that this be so by the
leaders of governments of the most various orientations and
political families," he said.
Gentiloni said "there is unanimous recognition of the steps
taken to fight human traffickers".
Italy took action this year to stem a seemingly endless flow
of migrants from North Africa.
It struck accords with Libya that have led to the Libyan
coast guard stopping migrant boats.
Human rights groups have voiced concern about the allegedly
inhuman state of Libyan migrant camps.
Italy has vowed to work with them to improve conditions in
the camps, where beatings and rape have been reported.
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