“Italy, Greece and other Mediterranean countries face a huge challenge as the number of refugees arriving at their borders is increasing. We cannot leave Italy and the other countries alone, but we must adopt an approach of solidarity and responsibility”. The message on the topic of immigration comes from the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, who gave an interview to Corriere della Sera. Scholz arrives in Rome today for talks with the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, and the Head of State, Sergio Mattarella. «Germany», he stressed in the interview to the newspaper, «is particularly affected by secondary immigration, last year not only did more than a million women and men from Ukraine flee to the Federal Republic, but also 230 thousand refugees from other countries came to us, even though we don’t have an external EU border’. “Therefore – continued Scholz – we need a joint distribution of responsibility and competence among the EU Member States, as well as compliance with the rules for those seeking protection in the asylum and integration processes in the EU Member States”.
The German government, assured the chancellor, “is strongly committed to a reform of the Common European Asylum System and, in our opinion, this requires more efforts at community level to make the control and protection of external borders more effective, in a humane way and in compliance with the rules in force”. «On the exact form of the proposals, intense discussions are ongoing in Brussels and Germany is also contributing», highlighted Scholz, who continued on the subject as follows: «In addition, we propose to work with the countries of origin and of origin transit to sustainably reduce irregular arrivals and instead allow legal entry routes. This is not in contradiction with Italy’s position. Relations between Italy and Germany are close, based on trust and very solid. And this applies not only to our countries and our societies, but also to cooperation with the Italian government.”
Source: IL Tempo
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