Loading ...Meloni slams France and Germany for accepting less than 100 relocated migrants as Italy takes in 94,000 this year
Affluent EU nations France and Germany aren’t pulling their weight when it comes to the migrant crisis, leaving Italy and eastern Europe to bear the brunt, the Italian prime minister claims
Ahead of an EU Council summit in Brussels later this week, Meloni recalled that “of the 94,000 (migrants) landed” in Italy this year, “the relocated migrants are 38 in France and 57 in Germany,” a figure she derided as laughable. She claimed it was unacceptable that this has been the response of affluent European nations content with “Italy being the only port of disembarkation in Europe.”
“I believe that in Europe the same rights and duties of everyone must apply, I believe that the solution that can make everyone agree is to stop departures and defend the European borders,” the Italian prime minister told colleagues.