Rome - Italy warned fellow members of the European Union on Friday that it could issue temporary residence permits to Tunisian would-be immigrants, so that they can travel in other EU countries.
"It's a way, to Europe to understand that in the light of his total lack of cooperation, legislative measures in place, are to enforce the principle of solidarity," said Interior Minster Roberto Maroni.
"We are not enforced, these (migrants) who want to keep France or Germany, in Italy," Maroni told a press conference in Rome.
Addressing the same press conference, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said his Government main aim was to repatriate most of the more than 18,000 Tunisians, who arrived in Italy since a January both are former Tunisian President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali rebellion.
Berlusconi said he planned to discuss Tunis to visit on Monday, the return in meeting with Tunisia's interim authorities.
But the Prime Minister repeated Maroni's comments on so that some of the migrants to Italy with other EU Member States.
"He said, many of the migrants ' its intention to deal with family and friends, had manifested above all in France, but also in Germany."
"We then with temporary (Italian) residence permit gives them the opportunity, Europe travel could spend," Berlusconi said.
He was apparently referring to the Schengen Agreement, which allows travel without border controls in the 25 countries, are the signatories of the Treaty.
The Italian Government has committed the European Union for the other Member States, to share responsibility for the reception of migrants repeatedly criticized.
The EU has responded to this day, by funding, to support Italy.
The French and German Governments have rejected both Italian appeals, they take on some of the migrants.
In the meantime of rough seas on Friday Italian authorities forced suspension of the evacuation of about 3,800 migrants on Lampedusa - the 20-km2 Island i.e. Italy to the nearest point to North Africa.
Berlusconi, promised during a visit on Wednesday, the people of Lampedusa, that all the migrants ' within 60 hours.' would be cleared from their tiny island
Tensions between the indigenous and migrants, of which many were sleeping on beaches and rebuilt make-shift shelters, public buildings in increased the last few days.
Earlier this week after he started several ships some of the immigrants reception camps in Sicily and elsewhere in Italy.
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