According to Alexis Tsipras, "Italy and Greece have paid a very high price" in migration crisis. The Greek prime minister met with his Italian counterpart, Paolo Gentiloni, in Corfu.
Italian prime minister Paolo Gentiloni called for modifying European Union rules on migration, speaking Thursday on the Greek island of Corfu where he met with Greek President Alexis Tsipras.
Gentiloni said there's a need to "adapt
the rules, because it's right that the weight doesn't fall only on some
countries", adding that "this principle should be translated into modification of the rules."
"Steps forward have been made on migrants, but they are limited and fragile; we must be conscious of them both on the central as well as the eastern Mediterranean routes. We have to continually cultivate steps forward, translating them into more advanced rules. This is the message that we will also bring to the meeting in Nicosia in October," Gentiloni said, referring to the EU Med Group Conference. On October 10, seven countries of the Mediterranean are scheduled to met on the island of Cyprus.
Tsipras said Italy and Greece have "paid a very high price" for the migration crisis, which he said "is European, not Greek or Italian".
"Europe must understand that these crises aren't handled with walls but with more solidarity," Tsipras said.