(ANSA) - Rome, July 16 - The premier's office said Monday
"today we can say that for the first time migrants are landing
in Europe" after France, Malta, Germany, Spain and Portugal
agreed to take 50 each of the 450 migrants who landed at
Pozzallo in Sicily.
Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who initially closed
Italian ports to the migrants, said "Italy is no longer Europe's
refugee camp, it's a political victory".
But the Visegrad Group - Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia
and Poland - refused to take in any of the migrants.
Czech Premier Andrej Babis said the "approach of (Premier
Giuseppe) Conte is the road to Hell".
House Speaker Roberto Fico said Monday "we can't put up walls
à la Trump but we must be tough on Europe".
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