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Italy’s far-right prime minister has said she will not allow the country to become “Europe’s refugee camp”, after thousands of people seeking refuge landed on its shores, prompting France to tighten controls at its border with Italy.

Giorgia Meloni told the UN general assembly in New York that the huge numbers arriving in Lampedusa, a tiny Sicilian island that for years has been the first port of call for people crossing a perilous stretch of the Mediterranean Sea from north Africa, had placed Italy “under incredible pressure”.

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[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

NIMBY at its finest. I'm not saying to take everyone no matter what, but helping eachothers is how we thrive as a species. We're better than this.

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago

She's a literal fascist. She is not better than this

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[–] Lols@lemm.ee 32 points 1 year ago

long time member of Italian fascist party is still a fascist, more in at 5

[–] DigitalJacobin@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's just irresponsible / dishonest for journalists to call her anything other than what she is: a fascist. It is a well-documented fact and something we need to be completely honest about.

[–] TheFonz@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok we got the fascist thing out -first rule of Lemmy politics: identify the fascist. Now what? The comments are so fucking repetitive. It's like an AI is writing everything here.

[–] DigitalJacobin@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll be honest, i really do get that it's repetitive seeing people reply to every Meloni-related post with basically the same message, but the fact is that it simply needs to be said. People can't ignore how irresponsible the reporting on fascism in Italy is, because if we do, that just allows them to keep moving the Overton window towards apathy, and apathy is a dangerous thing in this context.

[–] TheFonz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I live in Italy. The anti meloni crowd-we're aware of the fascist connection. It's the pro meloni crowd that won't be swayed by this rhetoric. So the question is: now what?

[–] DigitalJacobin@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Organize with your local anti-fascists. Unfortunately, some people will never be swayed.

[–] Armen12@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Europe created the problems they refuse to fix, no surprise there, it's an old European tradition to screw over other peoples countries

[–] Nerorero@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago

pretty sure the US is at fault here

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[–] hubobes@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Why is the EU utterly incapable of establishing legal routes for refuges and moving refuges to other EU member countries in a fair manner?

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Because immigrants are scary to a lot of Europeans and they want to keep Europe white?

Clearly you've never been to Brussels.

[–] loutr@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

Western and central Europe haven't been "white" for decades.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago

Because the amount of work. My country put in place relatively strict every laws, to make sure that people aren't economical refugees, but legit people in danger in their own country.

Problem is that everybody needs to be checked, and that is a lot of work, making that the centre of admissions is clogged up with demand.

So even if you want stricter control, it can lead to more congestion.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The EU, the US, most of Asia. Refugees and displaced persons is a global issue that isn't confined to just Europe

[–] Armen12@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Because basic human rights and compassion are not European qualities nor have they ever been

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (14 children)

I mean why help people when you can kick them while they're down? It's just human nature at this point isn't it?

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 5 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Giorgia Meloni told the UN general assembly in New York that the huge numbers arriving in Lampedusa, a tiny Sicilian island that for years has been the first port of call for people crossing a perilous stretch of the Mediterranean Sea from north Africa, had placed Italy “under incredible pressure”.

During a visit to Lampedusa on Sunday, Meloni, who took power last October vowing to stop illegal immigration, said “the future of Europe is at stake” unless EU countries worked together to come up with “serious solutions”.

Meloni was the key protagonist of a controversial £105m deal signed in July between the EU and Tunisia, from where the vast majority of people are setting off, to stem irregular migration.

Italy and the EU have a similar deal with Libya, where people have reported severe human rights abuses in detention camps, including being beaten, tortured and raped.

The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, who accompanied Meloni during the visit to Lampedusa, where they both pledged the swift deportation of those turned down for asylum, urged EU member states to make use of a mechanism enabling them to voluntarily take in migrants to help ease the burden on Italy.

Ten years after Pope Francis made a landmark visit to Lampedusa to show solidarity with migrants, he will join Catholic bishops from the Mediterranean this weekend in the French city of Marseille to make the call more united.


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