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BRUSSELS, Feb 6 (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni this week European Union colleagues to give more money to Africa and to curb illegal immigration “Europe will ask to create “humanitarian corridors”.
Seen by Reuters newspaperlaying out Rome’s position ahead of a Thursday-Friday summit of leaders of the 27 EU countries in Brussels to discuss increased arrivals from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia.
He called for “more tangible commitments” “backed by meaningful financial resources” to work with countries along Europe’s migration routes on everything from border control to the fight against human trafficking.
It also invests within the world’s poorest continent, educationwas looking for a new “Africa Pact” to help training, business and jobs.
The summit was called after complaints from Austria and the Netherlands about an increase in illegal arrivals.
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The bloc’s border agency, Frontex, reported 330,000 irregular border crossings last year, the highest since 2016 when global mobility resumed after the COVID pandemic.
That figure is still far higher than in 2015, when more than 1 million people risked their lives crossing the Mediterranean Sea in dangerous boats and overturned the blockade.
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EU countries have struggled bitterly over how to accommodate arrivals, and migration has been a sensitive issue ever since.
Higher immigration numbers have revived ideas that have been considered unacceptable for years, from EU funding for border fences to processing asylum claims in centers outside the continent.
Last December, Austria cited migration concerns that prevented Bulgaria and Romania from joining Europe’s Schengen open travel zone.
Including Berlin before the summit Meloni’s plan Europe He took to the capitals of the Union, although it is related to migration France specifically skipped Paris after contacting
When the EU leaders met in Brussels, Meloni already national decree at sea after trying to limit such activity through NGOwill also discuss search and rescue operations.
The Italian newspaper said “carefully uncoordinated activities could create an additional burden on coastal states” and called for the creation of “European humanitarian corridors” to bring people safely and legally to the EU. offer did
EU countries remain sharply divided on how to provide for asylum seekers.
Italian paper mandatory He called for resettlement, an idea that each EU state should accept some people to support countries of origin such as Italy and the most popular countries of destination such as Germany.
However, it is anathema to EU members including Hungary and Poland, where conservative governments that promote what they say are traditional Christian values refuse to host any of the newcomers.
Poland has taken in several million Ukrainians since Russia invaded its EU neighbor a year ago this month.
Jan Lopatka in Prague, Krisztina in Budapest, Writing by Gabriela Baczynska, Editing by Andrew Cawthorne
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2023-02-07 01:10:23
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