Albanian Premier Edi Rama said
Tuesday Italy had been left alone by the EU to cope with the
migrant emergency.
Speaking in Genoa after agreeing to take in 20 Eritrean
migrants from the Diciotti coast guard ship after a 10-day
standoff, Rama said "Italy has been the most welcoming country
in Europe in the last 30 years, but it has been left alone and
nerves are no longer so solid, we intervened hoping that Europe
would do something concrete to resolve the problem".
"We (Albanians) were once the Eritreans. Italy was our
promised land and the Italians did not ever leave us in the
middle of the sea".
Some 100 of the 177 migrants left a Messina hotspot for Rocca
di Papa Tuesday after the Italian catholic Church agred to take
them in.
They will be distributed among several dioceses across Italy.
Ireland also agreed to take in 20, like Albania.
Since Albania is a non-EU country, migrants will go there
only on a voluntary basis.
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