What was Italy's Immigration Debate in 2018 about?

Italy is left alone to shoulder the large amount of immigrants coming in

Question: What was Italy's Immigration Debate in 2018 about?
Position‹3 of 3: Italy's immigration debate was about halting immigration
Argument1 of 2›: Italy is left alone to shoulder the large amount of immigrants coming in

"The European Union is doing nothing to help us." Italy has been struggling to take in the large amount of immigration from other countries. It would be of some help if neighboring cities and countries would lessen their immigration laws and take in more immigrants.

The argument

The Dublin Treaty says that a refugee must be cared for by the nation on which he/she lands. This forces the countries that border with the Mediterranean Sea to deal with the majority of refugees. Greece has strict anti-immigrant policies, and we should start doing the same to force EU members to take action.

Context

This argument is supported by far-right and moderate-right parties, and by some Christian groups

Premises

[P1]The Dublin Treaty requires the country where a refugee lands to care for them, forcing Mediterranean-bordering nations like Italy to handle the majority. [P2] Following Greece's strict anti-immigrant policies would pressure other EU members to share the burden. [C] Therefore, because Italy is left alone to shoulder the large influx, its 2018 immigration debate was about halting immigration.

Counter-arguments

If all the towns and cities in Italy respected the standards disposed by the last government (25 immigrants x 1000 inhabitants) there would be room for everybody. The majority of towns refuse to take immigrants, but doing so they force bigger cities to welcome a greater number of people. Many EU nations actually refuse to welcome refugees, but their governments are strong allies of those who denounce this situation (e.g: Viktor Orban has been praised by both Matteo Salvini and Giorgia Meloni).

Rejecting the premises

It wouldn't be necessary if Italy insisted on the other nationalist governments to take in a fair number of immigrants, instead of supporting them.