Record 2016 pushes migrant arrivals in Italy over half million

In commenting on the figures, a ministry official took another swipe at the lack of help from other European Union countries to deal with the crisis. "It was a record year for arrivals, and despite all the alarmism, Italy has held up with great dignity," Mario Morcone, the Interior Ministry official in charge Italy's immigration system, told Reuters. "And it has done so without a great deal of European solidarity." In 2015, EU member states promised to relocate 40,000 asylum seekers from Italy t