Italy calls for global efforts to address migration challenge

Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni Saturday called for global efforts and coordinated actions to address migration challenge.

At a press conference after G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, the prime minister said Italy's effort on immigration "can not be unlimited."

He admitted the views are divided on immigration issues between Italy and its neighbors like France, adding that he does not expect sudden conversions in that regard.

Though Italy has made important efforts, for instance, performed international search and marine rescue operations, "this effort can not be unlimited, it can not be done only by us." Gentiloni said.

Meanwhile, the Italian prime minister regarded the outcomes of the G20 summit as "acceptable results", underlying that G20 stands against protectionism and incorrect behaviors in trade, while granting legitimate trade defence instruments to individual countries.

The two-day G20 Hamburg summit under the German Presidency kicked off Friday with discussions on terrorism, global economic growth, trade and climate change and migration.