Investing in Africa in a bid to
help prospective migrants find livelihoods in their home
countries is not only ethical but also useful, Premier Matteo
Renzi said in a speech to the State of the European Union
conference on Friday. "If we say we need to help them in their
home countries, we cannot cut international development
budgets," he said. "We need to take a risk and bet on Africa,
not only because it's ethical but also because it is useful". He
went on to warn against using anti-immigrant rhetoric. "Be
careful in giving a message in which words that weigh as much as
stones are being used haphazardly," he said. "There is no
invasion going on if 38,000 people arrive in just over four
months".
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