Italy Migrant Crisis: Illegal Entries Have Nearly Tripled This Year
Govt figures reveal the number of illegals coming to Italy has nearly tripled this year compared to the same period in 2022.
Govt figures reveal the number of illegals coming to Italy has nearly tripled this year compared to the same period in 2022.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has declared war on people smugglers pushing illegal migration, promising prison terms of up to 30 years.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he will ask his Italian counterpart to recognize Jerusalem as the Jewish state’s capital, prompting immediate backing from Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini.
Pilots from Israel’s flagship El Al carrier refused to fly Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Italy for an official visit in apparent protest over the government’s plans for judicial reform, the airline said, before announcing that it had found a crew.
An NGO migrant “taxi” ship has been fined 10,000 euros and placed into administrative detention for 20 days for violating a security decree enacted by the government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
A march of “anti-fascist” protesters allegedly saw participants threaten PM Giorgia Meloni and praise a massacre of Italian civilians.
Italy’s plummeting and aging population has put the country at the forefront of a global demographic trend dubbed the “silver tsunami,” the New York Times reported Tuesday.
Populist Matteo Salvini’s League has clashed with other members of the right-wing ruling Italian government under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after trying to propose amendments to further restrict immigration into the country. The League came into conflict with Meloni’s Brothers
Italian PM Georgia Meloni held talks in Libya with officials from the country’s west-based government, signing an gas dea worthl $8 billion.
A documentary comparing Italian PM Giorgia Meloni to Benito Mussolini has reportedly been broadcast in at least two schools.
Italy has seen a total of 3,862 illegal arrivals in over two weeks so far this year, more than the same period in 2021 and 2022 combined.
Italy’s most-wanted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro is no longer on the run. He was arrested Monday in Sicily after 30 years evading law enforcement agencies.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with Pope Francis for the first time Tuesday, with the nation’s serious demographic problems front and center in their discussions.
Italian leftists are furious over Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni directing NGO migrant “taxi” ships to drop off migrants in cities run by leftist mayors.
NGOs operating migrant “taxi” ships have complained to the European Union about new Italian border controls, but the bloc has claimed it will not get involved.
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni has called on migrant taxi NGOs to stop their “ferry service” in the Mediterranean.
A migrant taxi has already likely violated the decree regulating NGO ship actions, and another says it will ignore any rules it doesn’t like.
VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI ‘s body is lying in state in St. Peter’s Basilica as thousands of people lined up hours before dawn on Monday to pay their respects.
When the global elites of business, finance, banking, and big government convene in Davos next month at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting, Ukraine will be amongst them.
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni has announced that the new decree to regulate migrant taxi NGOs will not come into force until early next year.
The number of illegals landing is past 100,000 for the first time since 2017, as the government struggles to deal with waves of boats.
A migrant taxi NGO has stated that new regulations from the Italian governmentmay cause NGOs to halt their activity in the Mediterranean.
A mob of Muslims in the Italian city of Florence blocked a local bailiff from repossessing an illegal mosque, with hundreds of people preventing police from entering.
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni has slammed France and Germany for taking 95 of the nearly 94,000 migrants who have arrived in Italy this year.
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni is said to be considering backing a “Marshall Plan” for Africa as a long-term solution to halt migration flows.
Bologna Cardinal Matteo Zuppi declared Tuesday that immigration is no longer an “emergency” in Europe, a situation that calls for gentler migration policies.
Migrant taxi NGO ships dropped off over 500 in Italy over the weekend, despite promises from PM Giorgia Meloni to halt their activity.
A group of far-left anarchist extremists in Greece have taken credit for the firebombing of vehicles outside of the home of an Italian diplomat in Athens that took place earlier this month.
The French government has ramped up controls at its border with Italy, checking trains for illegals on a daily basis and pushing back thousands to Italy so far this year.
Frontex claimed activities of migrant taxi NGO ships in the Mediterranean act as a pull factor for migrants considering the deadly journey.
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni refused to drop a libel case against an Italian writer she claims insinuated she was to blame for migrant deaths.
Just two of the 17 NGO migrant “taxis” operating in the Mediterranean Sea are certified as search and rescue vessels, despite all claiming they engage in “rescue” operations.
The Italian Interior Minister is considering confiscating the ships of migrant taxi NGOs as part of a new security decree.
Despite promising to take in 3,500 migrants from other European Union countries, France has received just 38 people since June — and will not take any more after Italy rejected port access to an NGO’s migrant “taxi” ship.
Just under two-thirds of Italians support the immigration policies of firebrand Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Top naval officer expressed support for a naval blockade in the Mediterranean to halt illegal migration to alleviate human suffering.
Over half-a-dozen Iranian advocacy groups issued a letter calling out European governments for “complacency” toward the brutal Islamic regime, while demanding more sanctions and cutting diplomatic ties with the Islamic republic as ongoing protests continue to rock cities across Iran.
The NGO migrant “taxi” ship Ocean Viking has called on France, Spain, and Greece – but apparently no African or Middle Eastern countries – to find them a port to drop off over 200 migrants after Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi refused access to Italian ports.
The polling boost comes after Meloni formed the a government, becoming the country’s first female Prime Minister.
Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s party has moved to create a commission of inquiry into the prior government’s handling of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, with at least one opposition party also supporting an inquiry.