Italian Prime Minister Giorgi Meloni asked the European Union to help reduce the flow of immigrants to the country. This was reported by Bloomberg.
According to the publication, the Italian Prime Minister invited the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen to visit the Italian island of Lampedusa to see with her own eyes the emergency situation occurring here due to the arrival of thousands of migrants. Boat from North Africa. It was noted that his visit was planned for September 17.
In addition, the Head of Cabinet appealed to the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and requested that the discussion of this situation be placed on the agenda of the EU Council in October. Meloni also called for the creation of a mission to stop illegal immigrants from going to Europe.
On September 14, authorities on the Italian island of Lampedusa, where the number of illegal immigrants exceeded the number of local residents, announced the beginning of riots. dead Between immigrants and police
SkyTg24 TV channel in August on the Italian island of Lampedusa developed The situation is critical due to a record number of illegal immigrants arriving on the island from North Africa and the Middle East.
Before this, La Repubblica newspaper wrote that they would go to Italy by sea from the beginning of 2023. reached 100 thousand immigrants. The authors of the publication noted that this number of immigrants is a record since 2018.
Previously in Germany statedThe country cannot cope with the flow of immigrants.