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EU split over sharing migration burden

Tuesday, 17 July 2018 1:01 AM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 17 July 2018 1:05 AM ]

A woman carries her baby as she disembarks from the Italian Coast Guard vessel "Diciotti" following a rescue operation of migrants and refugees at sea on June 13, 2018 in the port of Catania, Sicily. (AFP)

Max Civili
Press TV, Rome

The Italian government has finally allowed all 450 migrants who arrived in Sicily over the weekend to disembark in the Sicilian port of Pozzallo. The decision was taken after an offer by the EU member states to share the immigration burden with Italy. Press TV’s Max Civili reports from Rome.

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