歐盟追加援助幫助意大利應對移民潮

The European Commission has pledged another $116 million to Italy to help its government manage the Mediterranean migration crisis.

Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, said in a letter to Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni on Tuesday that he was setting up a special “contact team” in Brussels to coordinate with Italian authorities. The additional financial assistance the commission pledged to Italy raises by 12.5 percent the funds already allocated to Rome, to a total of over $1 billion.

Through the first half of 2017, nearly 84,000 migrants arrived in Italy by sea, 20 percent more than during the same period last year. Detention centers and temporary shelters that Italy has for migrants have reached their maximum capacity of 200,000 people, but there are many other migrants in the country working illegally.

Migrants from Nigeria, Bangladesh and Guinea account for most of those fleeing to Italy on the way to Europe.

Junker also promised to pressure Bangladesh to take back its migrants, since the vast majority of them are ineligible for international protection. He threatened to limit visas to Europe for travelers from the south Asian nation if there was no action by Dhaka.歐洲委員會保證向意大利追加1億1600萬美元，幫助意大利政府應對地中海移民危機。

歐洲委員會主席讓-克洛德·容克星期二致函意大利總理真蒂洛尼說，他正在布魯塞爾建立一個特別“聯絡小組”，跟意大利有關當局進行協調。歐洲委員會這次追加的額外款項使意大利得到的援助金增加了12.5%，總額達10億美元。

2017年上半年有近8萬4千移民經海路來到意大利，比去年同期增長了20%。意大利能容納20萬人的拘留中心和臨時庇護所已經滿員，與此同時還有不少移民在意大利非法打工。

取道意大利前往歐洲的移民中，尼日利亞、孟加拉國和幾內亞人佔絕大多數。

歐洲委員會主席容克還保證對孟加拉國施加壓力，要求他們接受遣返移民，因爲其中大多數人都沒有資格受到國際保護。容克威脅說，如果達卡不採取行動，就要限制孟加拉國的歐洲簽證。