Transport Minister Danilo
Toninelli on Friday claimed credit for helping drive down
migrant arrivals in Italy saying the anti-migrant League would
have done "nothing" without his help.
He stressed that government choices had sharply reduced the
entrance of migrants in Italy and that he had been fundamental
in this.
"If I had not been there," he said. "The League could not
have done anything if I and (League leader, deputy prime
minister and interior minister Matteo) Salvini had not worked
together. I am in charge of the security of sailing from the
time the vessels weigh anchor until they dock in the port and he
is in charge after that, for the disembarking and public order."
Toninelli added that in 2018, "thanks to only 7 months of the
'government of change', there has been a 90% drop in migrant
landings in Italy. What does this mean? How many fewer deaths?".
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