Rescued migrants sit in a boat of the Italian Finance Police before disembarking at the port of the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, southern Italy, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)Rescued migrants sit in a boat of the Italian Finance Police before disembarking at the port of the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, southern Italy, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)Rescued migrants sit in a boat of the Italian Finance Police before disembarking at the port of the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, southern Italy, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)Rescued migrants sit in a boat of the Italian Finance Police before disembarking at the port of the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, southern Italy, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. Amid the domestic and EU political jockeying, Meloni resurrected campaign calls for a naval blockade of North Africa to prevent human traffickers from launching their smuggling boats into the Mediterranean.
