The European Commission has adopted theEU agenda for immigration. The announcement was made by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini, via Twitter. The Agenda provides for the creation of a temporary quota system to distribute asylum seekers who are already within the EU borders and refugees in third countries among i 28 countries of the Union.
The quota system, according to what was announced during the joint press conference held by the first vice president of the EU Commission Frans Timmermans, from FEderica Mogherini and by the EU Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos should materialize to the end of the month and will count on four fundamental criteria: tunemployment rate of the country, number of inhabitants, GDP and the number of refugees already present.
According to this system, 9,94% of the 20 people seeking international protection from third countries that will be received in Europe, will be destined for Italy, while, as regards the relocation of immigrants who have already arrived in Europe, Italy will be entitled to a 11,84% share, the third highest after those of Germany (18,42%) and France (14,17%).
“Italy – explained Mogherini – will be exonerated” from having to accept shares of new refugees, given that our country has already exceeded the quota envisaged by the redistribution schemes presented today by the Commission.
However, the adoption of the Agenda by the Commission runs the risk of leaving behind a long trail of discontent, given that some countries, among which the Britain, have shown firm opposition to the redistribution of immigrants.
This opposition, which was also joined by the Czech Republic and Slovakia and which was harshly criticized by the President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz, according to whom the "common institutions of Brussels" are regularly hampered by "some member countries which coldly follow only their own interests".
Lastly, High Representative Federica Mogherini commented on the rumors, spread by the British press, according to which the European plans for a military campaign against human traffickers operating in Libya also include the option of resorting to ground troops in Libyan territory.
The hypothesis was flatly denied by Mogherini. according to which the "EU interventions do not involve land actions in Libya, we are not planning any such operation”.
