Italy slams anti-immigrant north as crisis deepens
Rome (AFP) - Italy's government on Monday slammed the country's powerful northern regions for their "unjust" refusal to accommodate more migrants, begging the question of where thousands of incoming refugees will find shelter.
The previous day Lombardy's president Roberto Maroni not only ruled out taking in more migrants but threatened to cut regional funding to cities who took them in, prompting other northern regions to jump on the anti-immigration bandwagon.
Interior Minister Angelino Alfano slammed their behaviour as "profoundly unjust" as it risked placing ever greater strain on the poorer south, which despite struggling with high unemployment "has helped the state face this emergency."
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi expressed his frustration, saying it was "difficult to speak of immigration and ask for the European Union to be involved when some regions in your own country say the problem has nothing to do with them." ...
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