Before the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday evening, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called on all countries to wage a “global war” against human trafficking. Since the beginning of the year, 130,000 people have arrived in Italy by sea.
“It is the duty of this organization to declare global war on human traffickers. To achieve this we must work together at all levels and Italy wants to be at the forefront,” said the prime minister, who is coming under increasing pressure at home.
“The traffickers who organize mass illegal immigration sell the illusion that those willing to migrate will find a better life if they trust them. They charge thousands of dollars for trips to Europe, which they sell with brochures as if they were ordinary travel agents, but on the brochures they do not write that these trips all too often lead to death, to a grave at the bottom of the soil. Mediterranean region,” said the Prime Minister, who has been in office since October.
Meloni denounces the exploitation of Africa
“It doesn’t matter to the traders whether the boat is suitable for this trip or not, the only thing that matters to them is the profit margin,” Meloni explains. Africa is not a poor continent, but “was and is an exploited continent”. The course must now be changed.
Italy wants to create a partnership model to work with African countries so that they can grow and prosper thanks to the resources they possess. “This should be cooperation on equal terms, because Africa does not need subsidies, but must be enabled to compete on equal terms, to make strategic investments that link the fate of nations to projects of mutual benefit,” explains Meloni out.
130,000 people came by sea
Nearly 130,000 people have arrived in Italy by sea since the beginning of the year, twice as many as in the same period in 2022. Most migrants come from Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and Tunisia. Last week alone, around 10,000 people reached the island of Lampedusa, between Sicily and Tunisia.
Source: Krone
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