Immigration to Europe is an epochal phenomenon and continental institutions cannot propose “head-on solutions” because human trafficking must be “broken”. After the tragedy of the shipwreck off the coast near Crotone, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni sent the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister of Sweden, the country that holds the presidency of the EU.
“The shipwreck that occurred in recent days a few meters off the coast of Crotone, in which dozens of people and many children among them died, has shocked us all. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case. In Italy, for many years, We have been to mourn tragedies like those of last Sunday in which those who try to reach our shores in makeshift boats lose their lives at sea. It is our duty, moral before political, to do everything to prevent misfortunes like these from happening again ” , writes the President of the Council to EU leaders.
Europe is at a crossroads, we cannot be satisfied with a buffer solution. «It is a very difficult challenge – we read in Meloni’s letter – because migration is a complex and epochal phenomenon, especially when boats loaded with migrants are thrown into the sea. useful on a communicative level, but totally inadequate to solve the problem”. that the migratory phenomenon is managed in accordance with rules and security (above all in the interests of the migrants themselves), and with numbers that allow the effective integration of those who come to Europe with the legitimate aspiration of a better life”. Europe must deal directly with the migrants’ dossier, also to avoid maritime tragedies like that of Steccato di Cutro. President Michel made it known that he had received Meloni’s letter and that the issue of migration will be on the agenda of the next European Council on 23 and 24 March.
Source: IL Tempo
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