http://www.guardian.c...risis-southern-europe
/// Next week, the high court in London will hear evidence that asylum seekers and refugees face severe destitution in Italy. Lawyers for an asylum seeker, known as EM, will argue that although he passed through Italy on his way to the UK, he should not be sent back, as conditions there are a breach of his human rights.///
If EM passes through Italy on his way to the UK, then how can the Dublin regulations be working?
/// A UK Border Agency spokesman said: "The Dublin regulation is a simple way of ensuring that the first safe country an asylum seeker reaches takes responsibility for their protection. We will not support measures to abolish this system or suspend transfers under it." ///
/// Italian immigration minister, Sonia Viale said "I think it is a duty of all EU member states to support the countries under a strong migration pressure".///
Got to agree with her there, but when did we ever receive any support from EU member states?
/// In Rome, the Guardian found widespread destitution among asylum seekers and refugees,///
/// a ruling in January from the European court of human rights that conditions in Greece are inhumane and degrading. ///
Instead of putting the blame on Northern European States, the EU should be demanding that countries such as Italy and Greece treat their immigrants more humanely.