Interior Minister Angelino Alfano
on Friday hailed the arrest of seven alleged human traffickers
who ferried migrants across the Mediterranean to Italy, bringing
total arrests to over 500.
"Tough battle against the merchants of death! Seven more
traffickers arrested near Ragusa: we are now above the 500 mark!
#ItalyWon'tWait", the minister tweeted.
Alfano will meet with his German and Spanish counterparts
next week to discuss the migrant emergency in the Mediterranean
after he secured a commitment from the European Union to replace
Italy's Mare Nostrum migrant search-and-rescue mission with an
expanded version of the EU's Frontex border control agency.
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