Italian PM Giorgia Meloni vowed 'extraordinary measures' to deal with the migrant crisis, including calling anew for a naval blockade.
ROME – Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni vowed Friday to take “extraordinary measures” to deal with an influx of migrants, including calling anew for a naval blockade of North Africa, after a week in which more than 6,000 people arrived within a day on the island of Lampedusa from Tunisia.
In a video distributed by her office, Meloni said that Europe needs a “paradigm change” to cope with a series of factors in Africa – conflict, instability, soaring grain prices and climate crises – that she warned could spur millions of people to risk their lives to come to Europe. Lampedusa, which is closer to Africa than the Italian mainland, has been overwhelmed this week by thousands of people hoping to reach Europe from Tunisia, which has replaced Libya as the main base for migrant smuggling operations in the Mediterranean.
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