Breakdown if EU doesn't deliver on migrants - Alfano (2)

(ANSA) - Brussels, December 17 - Interior Minister Angelino Alfano warned Thursday that the European system to tackle the asylum seeker crisis risked breaking down if the EU does not keep its pledge to relocate thousands of refugees in front-line States like Italy and Greece. "It's necessary to start right away with relocations and repatriations," Alfano said as he entered a meeting of the European People's Party (EPP) before the summit of EU leaders. "Otherwise the whole system will break down".