Italy: Meloni does nothing to stop the boats

New figures from Rome paint a devastating picture: Since Giorgia Meloni’s accession to office, around 42,300 migrants have reached Italy by private ships.

More than half of them, about 22,500 people, brought by aid organizations such as Sea-Watch. Together with ships under the German flag, it is almost two-thirds of all arrivals. Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi is now demanding compensation from Berlin before negotiations on repatriation are held.

Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini is demanding a clear repatriation of these organizations, while Federal Interior Minister Dobrindt (CSU) is only negotiating on individual cases.


This ongoing shuttle service under the German flag not only heavily burdens relations with our European neighbors but also effectively violates applicable law. Italy is completely right to oppose a failed German migration policy as a shelter. If so-called aid organizations function as smuggler helpers, the asylum system is finally becoming a farce. The victims of this ignorance are the citizens of Europe who bear the financial and security costs of this uncontrolled immigration.

We must finally get Europe back on the right track. The state’s tolerance and support for dubious NGO initiatives must be immediately stopped. Instead of symbolic repatriations of three people, our country needs a seamless protection of the external borders and consistent repatriations.

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