Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is
meeting Premier Giuseppe Conte on Wednesday to discuss the
government's stance on migrants and a possible Italian proposal
to tackle the pressing issue at the EU level.
Italy is one of seven EU countries, along with France,
Germany, Spain, Greece, Bulgaria and Austria, that are set to
take part in an informal summit on migrants on Sunday ahead of
next week's European Council.
"The problem is not to push back (migrants) inside the
European Union, but to defend the European borders," said
Salvini, who is also deputy premier and leader of the League
party.
Salvini has spearheaded the tough stance on migrants of the
new League/5-Star Movement (M5S) government that saw NGO-run
migrant-rescue ship Aquarius have to travel to Valencia last
week after it was denied permission to dock in an Italian port.
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