The ‘anti-immigration plan’ of Giorgia Meloni has caught the attention of the United Kingdom. According to the report BBCthe prime minister Keir Starmer will meet with the Italian president as he is “interested” in adopting the same anti-immigration model illegal. Thanks to the ‘Plan Mattei’, Meloni has managed to reduce the arrival of immigrants on its shores by 62.36% compared to the previous year.
The Constitutional Court of Albania approved last January the bilateral agreement signed with Italy about the reception of immigrants on Albanian territorythe high court said in a statement. The judges rejected the opposition’s appeal against the migration pact with Italy, signed last November, which provides for the construction of a new Two centers for the identification and reception of immigrants rescued in the Mediterranean, with a maximum capacity of 3,000 people per month, 36,000 per year.
Starmer, despite belonging to a branch of politics opposite to Meloni’s, wants to learn from Italy, although he says that, for the moment, “it is an initial stage” and that “he is interested in knowing how it works, just like everyone else.”
The key to Italy’s success has been the ‘Mattei Plan’. In the first seven months of 2024, migrant arrivals on Italian shores fell by 62.36% compared to the previous year. A notable decline that contrasts with the boom in the arrival of canoes to the Spanish or Greek coasts in recent months.
While last year more than 113,000 migrants managed to reach the Italian coasts, in the same period of time, only about 40,000 have managed to do so in 2024. difference of more than 70,000 people.
The basis of the ‘Plan’ is based on strong policies against illegal immigration and bilateral agreements with African countries to try to stem the flow of migrants.
With Tunisia they reached an agreement whereby they would stop the number of boats in exchange for 300 million euros. With Algeria, the condition was the construction of a gas pipeline between the two countries. While with Egypt, a package of aid was included. 7.4 billion euros until 2027 to support its economy and, in particular, its work in welcoming refugees.
Rescue off the coast of Libya. Archive image.
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According to Frontex, immigration to Italy has reduced by 64%while according to UN data, just over 43,000 have arrived this year, compared to a total of almost 158,000 in 2023. Many of them later tried to access France and the United Kingdom.
It is because of these figures that Starmer will meet Meloni on Monday, as his country is struggling to cope with the wave of migrants arriving via the English Channel from France. Numbers that have increased since last year.
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