Giorgia Meloni, the president of the right-wing Italian Brothers (FdI), wants to stop migration to Italian shores with a ship blockade between Africa and Europe, who spoke about her party's migration policy in an interview on Friday.
Giorgia Meloni stated that action should be taken against the arrival of boats full of migrants at the point of departure. According to his claim, their departure should be stopped with a ship blockade. Studio Aperto of the commercial television Italia1 that a European mission is sufficient to stop departing ships, which in cooperation with Libya gives the opportunity to stop the ships setting off.
According to the Italian right-wing politician, registration centers should be set up in Africa, where it can be checked who has the right to continue as a refugee and who is considered an illegal immigrant. According to him, the latter should be sent back to where they came from.
A serious distinction must be made between refugees and illegal immigrants, they cannot be equated, as the left has done"
- He told.
Matteo Salvini, the leader of the anti-immigration League, arrived on Thursday for a two-day visit to Lampedusa, the island hit by migration. According to the right-wing politician, a special government commissioner will deal with the migration issue if the right-wing party wins the parliamentary elections in September. Matteo Salvini previously worked as Italy's interior minister for two years.
If the right comes back to power, we will control and protect Italy's borders again"
he stated.
According to data from the Italian Ministry of the Interior, 42,465 migrants arrived in Italy by sea since the beginning of 2022. In the same period of 2021, this number was 30,315.
MTI
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