London will join forces with Rome to fight the mafias of migrant traders

LondonWhen it comes to migration and how to deal with an unprecedented debate across Europe, the left and the left have decided to accept the postulates of the right also in the United Kingdom, as can be seen from the trip to he did this Monday in Rome the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Keir Starmer, who met his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, whom he had previously. I would recommend the agreement reached with Albania regarding extradition management of asylum claims: “The UK government has shown great interest in this agreement,” Meloni said at a press conference.

However, Starmer has recalled that the program has not yet been implemented, and that his government will assess whether or not it makes sense based on the results. Last year, Italy agreed to open two migrant processing centers in the Balkan country where, in principle, the reception applications of 36,000 migrants should be processed each year.

Starmer’s journey takes place in a dual context of migration trends. On the one hand, the reintroduction of land border controls in Germany, a fact that threatens the continuity of space Schengenand, on the other side, and the continuous journey of boats and ships trying to cross the English Channel from France to the United Kingdom. Only between last Friday and Saturday, 801 people have tried it – through 2024, more than 22,000 – and just over 200 managed to complete the journey. The rest were seized by the French coast guard and Another eight migrants died in the early hours of Sunday morning. In addition to this tragedy, there was another one that happened on September 3, when at least 12 people, six of them women and minors, They also lost their lives during the dangerous journey.

Starmer, who stopped as soon as he came to government at the beginning of July the former chief executive’s project to send to Rwanda migrants trying to enter the country without proper documents, has pledged that London and Rome will “share intelligence, strategy and work more closely to crush organized groups that traffic in people.”

After visits to Berlin, Paris and Dublin since he won the election in JulyStarmer’s new visit is also part of the effort to improve ties with the European Union, with the desire to turn the page on Brexit. Coordination to tackle undocumented migration should be one of the outcomes of the new phase, London believes. “What we have discussed today is a common challenge. We have talked specifically about how we are up against it. The answer is to collaborate, collaborate, sharing data, information.”

Starmer has praised Meloni’s work in preventing migrants from starting their journeys. Italy has seen a 60% drop in irregular sea arrivals this year compared to last year.

Starmer’s visit to Meloni has not been well received by the left wing of his party. Black MP Diane Abbott, the first woman of color to be elected to the Westminster Parliament and now the longest serving woman in the House, has criticized the Prime Minister’s approach to the leader of the – Italy. In a tweet, he said: “Why is Starmer meeting Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a literal fascist, to talk about immigration? What does he hope to learn from her?”