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”.

  • Akasazh
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    10 months 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.