.- The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and French President Nicolas Sarkozy agreed in a telephone conversation today to hold a bilateral summit on the issue of immigration from North Africa. At the meeting, for which has yet scheduled a date, involving French and Italian owners of Foreign Affairs and Economy.
The statement by the head of the Italian Government added that both leaders have agreed to remain "in close contact." In recent days, dozens of immigrants have tried to reach the border between Italy and France through the town of Ventimiglia (Liguria) and several members of the Italian government have denounced the French authorities' refusal to allow them to pass.
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, harshly criticized on Thursday the French policy of not permitting passage through its borders to a group of 70 Tunisians, who arrived from Rome and Ventimiglia trying to reach the Gallic country. This situation has led to a controversy between the two countries on the free movement of persons across Europe.
The Italian Government has been very critical of the attitude of the European Union in the case of immigrants coming to Italy and insists that it is a common problem that affects all of Europe. The European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Friday that Berlusconi in a telephone conversation the institution's commitment to develop "a more effective solidarity" with Italy.
Both leaders agreed that the emergency that exists in Italy, where they have reached about 22 thousand immigrants in the last month and a half, is a problem that concerns all of Europe and "should be addressed and solved at European level." 
The statement by the head of the Italian Government added that both leaders have agreed to remain "in close contact." In recent days, dozens of immigrants have tried to reach the border between Italy and France through the town of Ventimiglia (Liguria) and several members of the Italian government have denounced the French authorities' refusal to allow them to pass.
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, harshly criticized on Thursday the French policy of not permitting passage through its borders to a group of 70 Tunisians, who arrived from Rome and Ventimiglia trying to reach the Gallic country. This situation has led to a controversy between the two countries on the free movement of persons across Europe.
The Italian Government has been very critical of the attitude of the European Union in the case of immigrants coming to Italy and insists that it is a common problem that affects all of Europe. The European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Friday that Berlusconi in a telephone conversation the institution's commitment to develop "a more effective solidarity" with Italy.
Both leaders agreed that the emergency that exists in Italy, where they have reached about 22 thousand immigrants in the last month and a half, is a problem that concerns all of Europe and "should be addressed and solved at European level."
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