"The international community must act with shared far-sighted policy choices to manage a phenomenon that involves the whole world " he said in a statement to mark World Refugee Day.
"The European Union in particular must be capable of intervening together not just handing the responsibility of dealing with the emergency to countries of first arrival " the statement added.
Besides handling the current migrant influx the bloc needs to roll out policies aimed at dealing with the political economic social and climate-related causes of migration "which fuel so many sad stories" Mattarella said.
"In asking the international community and the EU to make strides in this area Italy is complying with international law guaranteeing shelter to those in need of international protection."
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