European Migration and Home Affairs
Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos pledged Thursday that Italy
will not be left alone to cope with the Mediterranean
asylum-seeker crisis. Italy took a formal step to protest the
emergency with Brussels Wednesday and said that foreign ships
may be stopped from docking in Italian ports unless the
situation improves. Avramopoulos described the situation as
"dreadful". "The most important thing is that the European Union
won't leave Italy alone," he said.
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