Brussels, 09/10/2015 (Agence Europe) - Nineteen Eritrean refugees flew from Rome to Sweden on Friday 9 October, the first since European home affairs ministers decided on 20 July that 40,000 asylum seekers should be relocated.
The event was described by Italian Home Affairs Minister Angelino Alfano as “historic for the EU”. At a press conference in Rome Airport with their Italian counterpart, Luxembourg Migration and Asylum Minister Jean Asselborn and European Migration Commissioner...