(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 11 - On the proposal of the Minister for Civil Protection and Marine Policies Nello Musumeci, the government has approved a state of emergency throughout the national territory following the exceptional increase in the flow of migrants through the Mediterranean routes .
The state of emergency, supported by an initial loan of five million euros, will last for six months.
"We gladly complied with the request of Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi, well aware - said Musumeci - of the seriousness of a phenomenon which is registering a 300 percent increase. Let me be clear, the problem cannot be solved, the solution of which is linked only to conscious intervention and responsible for the European Union".
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