The “anti-immigration plan” of Giorgia Meloni has caught the attention of the United Kingdom. According to the BBCthe prime minister Keir Starmer will meet the Italian president because he is “interested” in adopting the same anti-immigration model illegal. Thanks to the “Mattei Plan”, Meloni has managed to reduce the arrivals of immigrants on its coasts by 62.36% compared to the previous year.
The Constitutional Court of Albania approved last January the bilateral agreement signed with Italy about the reception of immigrants on Albanian territorythe High Court reported in a statement. The judges rejected the opposition’s appeal against the migration agreement with Italy, signed last November, which provides for the construction in Albania of two immigrant identification and reception centers rescued in the Mediterranean, with a maximum capacity of 3,000 people per month, 36,000 per year.
Starmer, although belonging to a political branch opposed to that of Meloni, wants to learn from Italy even if he anticipates that, for the moment, “it is a first step” and that “he is interested in knowing how it works, just like everyone else.”
The key to Italy’s success was the “Mattei Plan”. In the first seven months of 2024, migrant arrivals on Italian shores decreased by 62.36% compared to the previous year. A notable decline that contrasts with the boom in the arrival of pirogues on the Spanish or Greek coasts in recent months.
While last year more than 113,000 migrants managed to reach Italian shores, in the same time frame only around 40,000 have managed to do so in 2024. difference of more than 70,000 people.
The basis of the “Plan” is based on strong policies against irregular immigration and bilateral agreements with African countries to try to stop the migratory flow.
He made a deal with Tunisia that they would stop the emergence of boats in exchange for 300 million euros. With Algeria, the condition was the construction of a gas pipeline between the two countries. While with Egypt, an aid program of 7.4 billion euros until 2027 to help its economy and, above all, its work of welcoming refugees.
Rescue off the coast of Libya. Archive image.
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According to Frontex, immigration to Italy has reduced by 64%while according to UN data, this year just over 43,000 people have arrived, compared to a total of almost 158,000 in 2023Many of them then try to reach France and the United Kingdom.
It is with this data that Starmer will meet Meloni on Monday, as his country struggles to cope with the wave of migrants arriving across the Channel from France. Figures have increased since last year.
