(Italian Interiori Minister during his talk at the London School of Economics)
Italian Minister of the Interior Angelino Alfano was in London today. He met with Home Secretary Theresa May with whom he discussed migration and security issues and later gave a talk at the London School of Economics on the subject: “Migration and security challenges in the Mediterranean: every country for itself or a European response?”.
During a Question time session which took place a few days ago at the Italian Chamber of Deputies in Rome, ahead of the transfer of a first group of asylum seekers from Italy to Sweden under the new European relocation scheme, Minister Alfano commented that Italy “has obtained in Europe that equal distribution which we regard as being necessary and that Europe had struggled to grasp. We have won a battle”, in regards to the latest developments in matters of EU migration policy and governance.
Furthermore, Minister Alfano has contended that EU policy on migration must be based on four pillars “that stand together or fall together – fighting human traffickers, relocation, hotspots and European repatriations”.
According to Italian Ministry of the Interior sources, over 130,000 migrants have arrived in Italy so far this year in 864 different landings by boats.
