The European Commission said
Tuesday Italy has yet to answer its two letters on hotspots for
asylum seeker processing and identification.
Migration and Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris
Avramopoulos wrote a letter to Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni
and Interior Minister Angelo Alfano.
Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs chief
Matthias Ruete wrote to Italy's national police chief Franco
Gabrielli and to interior ministry immigration department chief
Mario Morcone last Friday, a spokesperson told ANSA.
Avramopoulos said in his letter earlier this months that
Italy needed to set up more hotspots in Sicily for asylum
seekers as they arrive.
"It's fundamentally important that Italy intensify
efforts to provide the necessary reception conditions and
prevent escapes," he wrote.
"While recognizing Italy's major effort to address the
situation, I observe that many landings take place away from
hotspots and the planned mobile groups are not yet operative.
It is important to set up supplementary hotspots
in Sicily, Avramopoulos said in his letter.
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