EU shd open procedure of thanks to Italy - Alfano (3)

(ANSA) - Brussels, September 22 - Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano responded to news of the opening of an EU infraction procedure against Rome on migrant registration Tuesday by saying "I think the procedure Europe should open is a procedure of thanks to Italy" for its efforts on the migrant and refugee crisis. Italy, along with Greece, has borne the brunt of the arrival of thousands of people across the Mediterranean.
    Some of Italy's northern European partners have accused it of failing to register migrants to usher them northwards. Alfano was speaking at an EU interior ministers' meeting on mandatory quotas.