Italy wants other EU countries to take in their fair share of the arrivals of migrants.
EU CHIEF. Newly elected European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks as she attends a news conference following a vote on her election at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France on July 16, 2019. Photo by Frederick Florin/AFP
"I want to propose a new pact for migration and asylum because I think we need a new and fresh view... on migration," Ursula von der Leyen said at a press conference after talks with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. Rome has long called for a revision of Europe's so-called Dublin asylum rules, which stipulate that the country of first arrival must process asylum seekers.
Von der Leyen, who will take office in November, acknowledged that Italy, Spain and Greece were"geographically exposed" and said the EU must show greater solidarity."We cannot think the problem is just for those countries where migrants first land," he insisted.
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