(ROME, Italy) — Europe wants Italy to start forcing every person it rescues to be finger printed.

The European Commission is accusing Italy of not doing enough to make sure every migrant that is pulled from a boat in the Mediterranean, south of Italy, is fully identified.

Last week, Europe announced it was opening proceedings against Italy, Greece, Malta, and Croatia for failing to fingerprint migrants upon arrival.

This October, the European Union agreed to relocate 40 thousand refugees in Italy and Greece to other European countries, with the condition, though, that Italy start identifying everyone it rescued.

Italy’s Interior Minister Angelino Alfano says his country should be thanked, not threatened, for saving hundreds of thousands of people. He insists that close to one hundred percent of migrants who arrive here are finger printed.

But the head of the country’s refugee program put the percentage at 30, saying most rescued people want to head north to Germany or Sweden and be identified there, where they make their refugee claim.

On Monday, a Syrian man who was brought to Sicily by rescuers was arrested on being linked to the Islamic State terrorist group.

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