Europe

Migrant influx into Italy has increased by two-fold since Giorgia Meloni took Italian office

Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the European Commission, visited Italy’s island of Lampedusa on Sunday after Giorgia Meloni’s called for extraordinary measures to curb a surge in migrants from northern Africa.

Von der Leyen acknowledged that the influx is a Europe-wide problem, and pledged to address it in a 10-point action plan, including support for managing the inflow and transfer of migrants, as well as stopping smugglers by bolstering air and sea surveillance.