Italy Urges EU to Leverage Third Countries for Migrant Repatriation

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi stated that the European Union must utilize its leverage to ensure third countries accept the return of migrants. This call emphasizes the need for stronger EU action in migrant repatriation efforts.

4 Aug, 11:34 — 4 Aug, 11:34

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EU must use leverage to get 3rd countries to take back migrants - Piantedosi

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 4 - The EU must use all its leverage, including its economic power, to get third countries to take back migrants who arrive in the bloc illegally, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi told an emergency conference call of European interior ministers on Tuesday following the arrival of thousands of migrants at the Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta last week. Piantedosi also said Rome's decision to suspend arrangements regarding the Schengen agreement allowing for control-...

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Italy Urges EU to Leverage Third Countries for Migrant Repatriation

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