Italy and Germany signal tougher EU stance on migrants

[WorldNews]

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Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed Wednesday to step up efforts to send migrants with no right to asylum in Europe back to their homelands. "All of us in Europe must work for the repatriation of those who do not have rights (to stay)," Renzi said after a meeting with Merkel in the Italian town home to the Ferrari sports car empire. In comments pointing to a hardening of attitudes about how to resolve the migrant crisis reshaping politics across Europe, Merkel added: "Not everyone can stay, and Italy has the same problem, so we have a common agenda.

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