Migrants: Alfano, at work on hotspots at sea ’if needed’
BRUSSELS - Italy is working on the creation of floating hotspots to be used “if necessary”, Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said on arriving at the EU home affairs council in Brussels on Friday. “We have been working on the idea of ’floating hotspots’ for over a month, with all the preliminary technical studies, to prevent a situation of difficulty or disorder at quaysides and to organise photo ID directly on board, under the auspices of Frontex, in the presence of humanitarian organisations,” Alfano said. The work is being carried out “within a context and logic of ’only if necessary’,” he added. The minister also denied disagreement with Premier Matteo Renzi over hotspots.
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