European leaders debate response to Russia's actions in Syria

Press quote (Voice of America)
21 October 2016

While the flow of migrants through Turkey has slowed, thousands continue to arrive every week on Italian shores from North Africa. Ahead of the Brussels summit, Italy accused Europe of a lack of solidarity in dealing with the crisis – with some justification, said Ian Bond of the Centre for European Reform."Italy is facing a problem which is absolutely not its own fault, but the EU’s response has been inadequate. And that’s partly because you have countries like Hungary in particular, Poland to some extent, who are saying that they are not prepared to take part in sharing out the refugees who are reaching Italy," said Bond.