(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 8 - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said after meeting Premier Giorgia Meloni in Rome Wednesday that the EU must up the fight against migrant smugglers to avert tragedies like the February 26 disaster at Cutro in Calabria where at least 72 migrants were killed with 30 or so more feared dead after their boat broke up in rough seas off the coast.
    The Italian government has pinned the blame for the disaster squarely on the traffickers, who allegedly dodged tax police boat controls and made coast guard intervention impossible and then abruptly turned off Cutro causing the boat to break up.
    "Migrations require an efficient European approach," Rutte told a press conference after meeting the Italian premier.
    "Last week's terrible shipwreck with dozens of people drowned highlighted more greatly the urgency of preventing this kind of tragedy, of making a united fight against the human traffickers.
    "We must demolish this inhuman business.
    "WE must harmonize visa policy and be more present in Africa. We want to see what we can do to reach accords". (ANSA).