ER Editor: This is quite the admission. Here is the Italian article on which the RT report below is based. Browsers will machine-translate —
Frank-Walter Steinmeier: «Italy must be praised regarding migrants. The solidarity mechanism? It will have to be permanent.”
From Zeit Online (browsers will translate):
Steinmeier once again called for the crisis to be addressed with a uniform European migration policy. “It doesn’t work without common European rules,” he said. The growing number of refugees arriving in Italy and Germany would bring municipalities to the end of their capacity. “And that is why it is all the more necessary that the common European solution finally comes and takes effect,” said the Federal President. On the one hand, it is necessary for fewer people to arrive, but on the other hand, it is also necessary to combat smugglers.
Steinmeier had previously said in an interview with Corriere della Sera that Germany and Italy were reaching their limits. Most recently, Italy’s post-fascist head of government, Giorgia Meloni, repeatedly called on the EU to support Italy in dealing with the high number of migrants. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen traveled to Italy at the weekend, among other things.
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We’re noticing a ramping up of the ‘migration is a problem’ theme. Namely —
Hochul is a Democrat, let it be noted …
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) New York: “We’re at our limit. If you’re going to leave your country, go somewhere else.”pic.twitter.com/nq904pVIJG
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) September 21, 2023
Thousands of migrants continue to flood into Eagle Pass, Texas, after the Biden administration was filmed removing razor wire intended to deter illegal crossings.
The mayor of Eagle Pass has declared a state of emergency and is “pleading for help.”pic.twitter.com/hlnZI10djO
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) September 21, 2023
Eagle Pass Mayor on President Biden: “I believe 100% he bears some responsibility for this crisis… I haven’t heard from anybody in this administration… We’re here abandoned… Please just enforce the laws that are on the books.”pic.twitter.com/2fRsyjODz9
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) September 22, 2023
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From just a month ago, Democrat Party heavyweight RFK Jr. had this to say after spending 3 days at the US southern border —
‘Cartels are running the immigration policy of this country’ – RFK Jr. blows the whistle on the US Southern Border
Italy, from this month —
Italy – A record 114,526 illegals landed between Jan 1 and August 31, 2023
Lampedusa declares state of emergency after 5,000+ migrants arrive in one day
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Germany has reached immigration limit – president
Frank-Walter Steinmeier understands Italy’s call for help amid the latest influx, but says Berlin is facing similar issues itself
RT
Germany can take in no more migrants, the country’s president Frank-Walter Steinmeier has said. He expressed sympathy for Italy, which has been overwhelmed by a new influx of arrivals, adding that an effective EU-wide redistribution mechanism must be created to address the problem.
On Wednesday, Italy’s Corriere della Sera newspaper interviewed Steinmeier shortly after he arrived in the country for an official visit. Among the topics discussed was the latest uptick in immigration and its impact on relations between Berlin and Rome.
The German president began by arguing that Italy should not have to deal with the crisis alone, and praised the country for “having shown so much humanitarian responsibility towards the refugees who came from the Mediterranean in recent years.”
He added that he takes “very seriously the requests for help that come from Italian cities,” but added that German cities are no better off in this respect as both nations have “heavy loads to bear.”
“Germany, like Italy, is at the limit of its capacity,” Steinmeier explained, citing “strong immigration from the eastern borders, from Syria, Afghanistan,” as well as the arrival of “over a million refugees from Ukraine.” He said 162,000 people had claimed asylum in Germany in the first six months of this year.
The German president called for “fair distribution in Europe” through the creation of a “permanent solidarity mechanism,” as well as stronger controls at the EU’s external borders.
Last week, Germany’s Die Welt, citing Interior Ministry representatives, reported that Berlin had temporarily suspended the practice of admitting migrants arriving via Italy late last month.
The media outlet quoted officials who explained that the “voluntary solidarity mechanism” had been put on hold because Italy had consistently refused to honor the Dublin Regulation. This stipulates that an asylum seeker’s application should be processed by the first participating country in which they arrive. (ER: so migrants pour into Italy, make an effort to illegally move to other EU countries, and end up being the responsibility of Italy. The Dublin Regulation disadvantages those countries by which migrants first enter, such as Italy and Greece.)
According to Die Welt, Rome notified other EU member states in December that it was canceling “for a limited period of time” migrant transfers back to Italy due to “suddenly arising technical” issues related to the country’s intake capacity. This suspension has remained in place ever since, the media outlet said.
Italy’s Interior Ministry reported back in August that some 89,158 illegal migrants had successfully crossed the Mediterranean Sea since the start of the year – an increase of 115% compared to the same period in 2022.
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