意大利呼籲歐盟幫助應對非法移民危機

Italy has blocked the adoption of any agreements at the European Union summit in Brussels, demanding that the bloc do more to help Rome's migration crisis.

Italy's month-old populist government refused to sign any joint agreements, instead holding out for action by other European countries to help deal with the migrants and refugees coming to Italy from North Africa.

"Italy doesn't need any more verbal signs, but concrete deeds,'' Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte said.

Summit participants are planning to set up screening facilities in North African countries to slow the stream of people crossing the Mediterranean Sea to get to the EU, often through Italy. While no countries have as yet agreed to host such screening posts, EU leaders hope to entice them with aid money.

Arrivals to the continent have dropped sharply since a 2015 crisis that drew sharp divisions among the bloc's 28 members about how they should respond. Some countries promoted more open-door policies, while others set up barriers to prevent those who reached Europe from crossing their borders.

The EU said in 2015 there were more than 1.8 million illegal border crossings into member countries. EU President Donald Tusk wrote in a letter ahead of the summit the number of illegal crossings has dropped by 96 percent since its peak.意大利阻止歐盟在布魯塞爾的峯會達成任何協議，要求歐盟對幫助意大利應對非法移民危機做出更多努力。

上任一個月的意大利民粹主義政府拒絕在任何歐盟協議上簽字，除非歐盟其它成員幫助應對從北非抵達意大利的非法移民和難民。

意大利總理孔特說：“意大利需要的不是更多的言詞，而是切實的行動。”

歐盟峯會的與會國計劃在非洲北部國家設立甄別設施，減緩渡過地中海前往歐洲，其中大多數抵達意大利的人潮。目前沒有任何國家同意在本國建立甄別設施，但是歐盟領導人希望以援助資金鼓勵各國接受這個計劃。

抵達歐洲的非法移民和難民人數比2015年有大幅度下降。2015年的難民潮引發歐盟28個成員國之間有關如何應對這個危機的分歧。一些國家主張採取更開放的政策，另一些國家則設立屏障，阻止抵達歐洲的人入境。

歐盟說，2015年有180萬人非法越境進入歐盟國家。歐盟主席塔斯克在這次峯會前的一份信函中說，非法越境進入歐盟的人數從最高峯時期下降了96%。