Alfano said Italy was earmarking 10 million euros for the border-control effort with Niger, Chad and Sudan. Italy is increasingly insisting it can no longer shoulder the burden of Europe's migrant crisis alone. The meeting comes against the backdrop of mounting complaints from Italy that it can no longer shoulder the burden of Europe's migrant crisis. Italy has threatened to close its ports to non-Italian flagged rescue ships in a bid to better redistribute the migrants. The report says more than 2,000 migrants have died on the Mediterranean this year while over 73,380 reached Italy.

Source: Fox News July 06, 2017 10:58 UTC