Meloni calls for a “global war” against human traffickers
“We are dealing with a well organized tugboat structure”
Brandenburg’s interior minister, Michael Stübgen, has warned of an increase in illegal immigration at Poland’s border. The CDU politician says more people are coming to Germany illegally from Belarus via Ukraine and the Balkan route and is promoting border controls based on the example of Bavaria on the Austrian border.
Within hours, several hundred migrants arrived back in Lampedusa. In New York, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni appealed for help for her country. He called for a “war” against human traffickers “without hypocrisy”.
AOn the Italian Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, several hundred migrants disembarked from Africa within hours. Officials reported more than 700 new arrivals on Thursday, Ansa news agency reported. The island’s initial reception center was still overflowing with more than 1,100 people. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has again appealed to other countries to help Italy. at Her speech At a UN general debate in New York, he called on the United Nations to wage a “global war” against human traffickers.
Lampedusa, a small island between Sicily and North Africa, has been a major migration point for Europe for years: Last week, thousands of migrants re-landed there on boats from North Africa – more than 5,000 in a single day. So the authorities declared a state. Emergency. Over the weekend, Meloni visited the island with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Since Wednesday, more than 20 new boats have landed, most from Tunisia.
The issue of migration was one of the focal points of the far-right prime minister’s first visit to the United Nations. The leader of the right-wing national party, Fratelli d’Italia, said: “I believe the mission of this organization is to declare a global war on human traffickers without hypocrisy and compromise.” “Italy ready to lead. Line”.
130,000 migrants have arrived in Italy since the start of the year
Meloni has been the head of a coalition of right-wing parties for almost a year. Fighting illegal immigration was one of his most important campaign promises. According to the interior ministry, around 130,000 migrants have arrived in Italy by sea since the start of the year – almost twice as many as in the same period last year. Between Monday and Wednesday, about 8,500 people in 199 boats landed on the island of Lampedusa, 145 kilometers north of Tunisia. This number is more than the population of the island.
In the debate over accepting refugees from Italy, France rejected accepting migrants from Lampedusa. French Interior Minister Gérald Dormanin said Paris had told Rome it was ready to help migrants return to countries “with which we have good diplomatic relations”. However, France will not accept immigrants from the island.
France wants a “firm position” on the issue, Tarmanin told TF1. He also announced that he would “strengthen” controls on the French-Italian border.
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