Giorgia Meloni: I won’t allow Italy to become Europe’s refugee camp (www.theguardian.com)

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Italy’s far-right prime minister has said she will not allow the country to become “Europe’s refugee camp”, after thousands of people seeking refuge landed on its shores, prompting France to tighten controls at its border with Italy.

Giorgia Meloni told the UN general assembly in New York that the huge numbers arriving in Lampedusa, a tiny Sicilian island that for years has been the first port of call for people crossing a perilous stretch of the Mediterranean Sea from north Africa, had placed Italy “under incredible pressure”.

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[-] hubobes@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago

Why is the EU utterly incapable of establishing legal routes for refuges and moving refuges to other EU member countries in a fair manner?

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 year ago

Because immigrants are scary to a lot of Europeans and they want to keep Europe white?

[-] quantum_mechanic@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Clearly you've never been to Brussels.

[-] loutr@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

Western and central Europe haven't been "white" for decades.

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago

Because the amount of work. My country put in place relatively strict every laws, to make sure that people aren't economical refugees, but legit people in danger in their own country.

Problem is that everybody needs to be checked, and that is a lot of work, making that the centre of admissions is clogged up with demand.

So even if you want stricter control, it can lead to more congestion.