William Lacy Swing, the
director general of the United Nations International
Organization for Migration (IOM), on Tuesday hailed Premier
Matteo Renzi's proposed migration compact to change the way the
European Union handles asylum seekers.
"We fully support Premier Renzi's initiative," Lacy Swing
told ANSA at the fringes of the World Humanitarian Summit in
Istanbul.
"We consider it to be a first step in the right direction,
not the only one, but a good start.
"We have sent a letter to all the 28 countries of the EU
to support Renzi's appeal for a long-term strategy".
The migration compact proposes offering greater
development aid and resettlement programs to African countries
in exchange for cooperation in controlling migration flows and
the screening of economic migrants and refugees.
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