At least 45 dead after migrant boat breaks apart off coast of Italy
NBCMAY 2023
The right-wing government's anti-immigration measures — including accelerated repatriations, stringent asylum rules, and renewed curbs on charity rescue ships — to tighten Italy's borders and keep out refugees must be scrutinized. The speed and scale of clampdowns to deter people fleeing persecution or war in their country is an attack on humanitarian organizations trying to save lives that will lead to more deaths.
Italy is currently absorbing more than 50% of the overall flow of migrants crossing the Mediterranean. If the government doesn't replace the country's overly lenient migration policies with drastic measures to limit traffickers, charity rescue boats, and mafia organizations that profit from these migrants, Italy will turn into the refugee camp of Europe.