Premier Giuseppe Conte on
Tuesday warned the European Union that it must address the
problem of migrant arrivals if it wants to avoid more tense
standoffs with Rome in the future.
"If we don't want another Diciotti case, we need a European
response," Conte told a press conference after meeting Austrian
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in Rome ahead of an EU summit in
Salzburg.
He was referring to Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's
refusal to allow over 100 migrants saved at sea to disembark
from Diciotti Coast Guard ship during a 10 standoff with the EU.
Conte called on the EU to make more investments in North
Africa as part of cooperation to stop migrant flows.
He also reiterated his call for an overhaul of the Sophia
naval mission in the Mediterranean, which Rome says currently
puts too much of the burden of rescued migrants on Italy.
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