Von der Leyen announces in Lampedusa a European plan to stop irregular immigration
The visit of the European leader has coincided with the arrival of more than 1,000 migrants to the island in the last few hours, far from the more than 10,000 people who arrived in three days in the middle of this week.
The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced this Sunday from the Italian island of Lampedusa, the epicenter of the migration crisis of the Mediterranean, a European action plan to contain irregular immigration and share the management of the transfers of migrants arriving on the Italian coast.
"I have come to Lampedusa to say that illegal immigration is a European challenge and requires a European response," said Von der Leyen accompanied by the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloniwho has requested the assistance of the European leader after the arrival of more than 10,000 migrants to the island in just three days.
The announced program consists of ten commitments, including a solidarity mechanism for other European countries to transfer migrants arriving in Lampedusa out of Italy, update European legislation against human trafficking and define new legal and safe humanitarian corridors.
Von der Leyen has also promised increase aerial surveillance of the Mediterraneanthrough European agencies such as Frontex, and coordinate with the countries of origin protocols to safely repatriate migrants who do not meet the European asylum conditions.
"We must decide who enters the European Union, not the traffickers," he said in his speech after visiting the reception center where dozens of barges from Africa arrive daily.
The visit of the European president has coincided with the arrival of more than 1000 migrants in the last hours to the island.
This situation completely overwhelmed the reception capacity of the island, whose area is 20 square kilometersand led the leader of the Italian Executive to demand help from the European Union.
The European program represents a boost to the strategy defended by the far-right Meloni since she took office almost a year ago: abandon disputes over the distribution of migrants between European countries and focus efforts on stop exits through agreements with African states.
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