Italy threatens to 'hurt' Europe if no help with migrants
Rome (AFP) - Italy threatened Sunday to turn to a Plan B to deal with migrants which "would hurt Europe" if the country is not given greater help with the crisis, as Austria and France expelled asylum seekers back onto Italian soil.
The crisis "should not be underestimated", Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said in an interview published in the Corriere della Sera daily.
"It is a serious issue and, let me be clear, Europe's answers so far have not been good enough," he added.
The EU is having difficulty achieving consensus for its proposed migrant distribution plan -- under which 24,000 refugees would be taken in by other countries -- but Italy is hoping an EU summit on June 25-26 will go even further.
"Redistributing just 24,000 people is almost a provocation," Renzi said. ...
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