Barnier says Italy's migrant deal with Albania does not seem doable in France
Recasts throughout with Barnier, Tajani comments
PARIS/ROME, Oct 18 (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Michel Barnier said on Friday that the type of deal Italy has struck to divert asylum-seekers to Albania for processing would not likely be feasible in France.
European Union leaders are grappling with illegal immigration, which has become a highly sensitive topic in many countries in the 27-member bloc.
At a summit on Thursday, they agreed to use all their leverage, including trade, development aid and visa policy, to speed up returns of migrants illegally entering the bloc.
The Italian government's plan, which has been criticised by rights groups, was dealt a blow on Friday when aRome court said 16 migrants, who were rescued and taken to Albania by an Italian navy ship earlier this week, had a right to be brought back to Italy.
"I don't think this example can be transposed (in France)," Barnier told reporters, when asked about Italy's deal with Albania.
Barnier said that for legal and institutional reasons, and because the context was different, the Albania deal did not seem doable in France
Barnier did not comment on the court order. He was speaking after meeting with Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani at the border between France and Italy, where both pledged to bolster the two countries' cooperation against illegal immigration.
France and Italy will, among other steps, create a joint police team to investigate migrant smuggling, Barnier told reporters.
Although illegal immigration remains a highly sensitive topic, irregular migrants arriving in Europe last year were a third of the 1 million seen during the crisis in 2015, and numbers fell further this year.
Over the past years, there have been tensions between France and Italy, both European Union members, over the politically sensitive issue of immigration.
But at a time when the twoare among countries pushing the European Union to toughen its stance, and with a new government in place in France, they pledged to turn the page.
Speaking to reporters in Ventimiglia, on the Italian side of the border, Tajani said the two countries had identical views on immigration, including on the need to work together.
France's new minority government, which depends on the far-right National Rally to survive, has cited the fight against illegal immigration as one of its top priorities, and Barnier is keen to work with other European leaders on this issue, whatever their political colours, French government officials told Reuters.
Reporting by Angelo Amante in Rome and Michel Rose, Dominique Vidalon, Jean-Michel Belot in Paris; Writing by Ingrid Melander; Editing by Sharon Singleton
免责声明: XM Group仅提供在线交易平台的执行服务和访问权限，并允许个人查看和/或使用网站或网站所提供的内容，但无意进行任何更改或扩展，也不会更改或扩展其服务和访问权限。所有访问和使用权限，将受下列条款与条例约束：(i) 条款与条例；(ii) 风险提示；以及(iii) 完整免责声明。请注意，网站所提供的所有讯息，仅限一般资讯用途。此外，XM所有在线交易平台的内容并不构成，也不能被用于任何未经授权的金融市场交易邀约和/或邀请。金融市场交易对于您的投资资本含有重大风险。
所有在线交易平台所发布的资料，仅适用于教育/资讯类用途，不包含也不应被视为用于金融、投资税或交易相关咨询和建议，或是交易价格纪录，或是任何金融商品或非应邀途径的金融相关优惠的交易邀约或邀请。
本网站上由XM和第三方供应商所提供的所有内容，包括意见、新闻、研究、分析、价格、其他资讯和第三方网站链接，皆保持不变，并作为一般市场评论所提供，而非投资性建议。所有在线交易平台所发布的资料，仅适用于教育/资讯类用途，不包含也不应被视为适用于金融、投资税或交易相关咨询和建议，或是交易价格纪录，或是任何金融商品或非应邀途径的金融相关优惠的交易邀约或邀请。请确保您已阅读并完全理解，XM非独立投资研究提示和风险提示相关资讯，更多详情请点击 这里。
