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Italy threatens to ‘inflict wounds’ on EU if no ‘solidarity’ in migrant crisis reached

Published time: June 15, 2015 05:13

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Migrants queue near a vehicle of the Italian Red Cross outside 'Baobab' migration centre next to the Tiburtina train station in Rome on June 14, 2015. (AFP Photo / Filippo Monteforte )

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Rome has warned of retaliatory measures unless the EU changes its asylum policies to make them more in “solidarity” with Italy, which continues to struggle with an enormous inflow of mostly North African migrants.
“If the European Council chooses solidarity, then good. If it doesn’t, we have a Plan B ready but that would be a wound inflicted on Europe,” Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said, without elaborating on the details.
Italy which has been bearing the brunt of North African refugees is calling on Brussels to amend the Dublin regulations, which assign most asylum seekers to their port of entry in the EU. The states have yet to reach a consensus on a migrant distribution plan, which seeks to relocate some 24,000 refugees across the 28-member countries.