(ANSA) - Brussels, March 8 - European Migrantion and Home
Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said Thursday that
Italy should be proud of outgoing Interior Minister Marco
Minniti.
The minister is credited with bringing about a big reduction
in the number of migrants arriving in Italy from North Africa
with the help of a cooperation agreement with the authorities in
Libya.
"Minister Minniti has done an excellent job and Italy can be
proud of it," Avramopoulos said.
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