Right wingers in Italy on Thursday
hailed Britain's controversial move to send migrants and asylum
seekers who cross the English Channel to Rwanda, an African
country 6,000 miles away with a sketchy human rights record.
Nationalist League party leader tweeted "Who's going to explain
it to sleepy (Interior Minister Luciana) Lamorgese???", saying
Rome should follow London's lead.
His hard right ally Georgia Meloni of Brothers of Italy (FdI)
said "the announcement from Conservative Prime Minister (Boris)
Johnson once more gives the lie to the left which says illegal
immigration is impossible to stop.
"As always maintained by FdI, blocking departures and
clandestine immigration is possible: you only have to want to".
European Internal Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson tweeted
Thursday: "Sending asylum seekers more than 6000 km away and
outsourcing asylum processes is not a humane and dignified
migration policy. I have been informed of the #UK Government's
new migration strategy, which I think raises fundamental
questions about #asylum and #protection".
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