EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni toured Sunday a migrant centre on Italy's southernmost island of LampedusaEU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni toured Sunday a migrant centre on Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa that was overwhelmed with nearly 7,000 arrivals in a 24-hour period this week. An unidentified person in the crowd said it wasn't just money that they needed. In other shots, single migrants climbed over the fence of the migrant centre. He is hosting French right-wing leader Marine Le Pen at an annual League rally in northern Italy later Sunday. The number of migrants making the perilous sea journey to Italy has doubled over last year and is on pace to reach record numbers hit in 2016.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 17, 2023 14:02 UTC