Premier Paolo Gentiloni said Friday
that he was satisfied about how the European summit had
responded to Italy's demands for more help with the
Mediterranean asylum-seeker crisis.
"I think Italy can be satisfied with the conclusions reached,
although we know very well that the problems we have to tackle
cannot be resolved with the conclusions of a European Council
document," Gentiloni told a press conference.
European Council President Donald Tusk said that leaders at
the EU summit "agreed to coordinate better in the next few weeks
to help Italy" with the Mediterranean asylum-seeker crisis.
Tusk said that progress was being made regarding the central
Mediterranean route but he added that "the situation remains
critical for illegal arrivals".
He said that "the only result that we are interested in is
putting a definitive end" to the arrivals.
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