Breaking News: UK and Italy To Cut Mediterranean Sea Migration

According to the news reaching GlobalCurrent24.com, UK and Italy to cut Mediterranean Sea migration.

James Cleverly, Britain’s Home Secretary, is visiting Italy as part of the UK government’s efforts to crack down on migrants entering by tiny boats.

Cleverly will meet with his Italian counterpart, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi, to discuss how Italy and Britain might increase their collaborative efforts to prevent migrants in North Africa from undertaking risky crossings over the Mediterranean Sea, authorities said Tuesday.

Cleverly will also visit Lampedusa, Italy’s southernmost island, which receives the majority of refugees entering in the country. In September, about 7,000 individuals came from Tunisia on the tiny island in a matter of 24 hours, overwhelming the local migrant processing center.

The visit comes as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak intensifies his calls for the UK Parliament to endorse his plan to return some asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Sunak inked a contract with the east African country two years ago, insisting that his deportation plan is a critical deterrent that will help “stop the boats” – small unseaworthy vessels that transport migrants across the English Channel. However, court orders and human rights groups have repeatedly stopped the scheme, claiming it is illegal and immoral.

British officials claim that both the United Kingdom and Italy are “global leaders in forging bold and novel solutions to illegal migration.”

“Our countries have shown we are willing to challenge the status quo and use innovative solutions to tackle the issues, while ferociously going after the people-smuggling gangs,” Cleverly said in a press release.

His office linked to a five-year agreement recently reached between Italy and Albania that will see Albania, which is not a member of the European Union, hold up to 3,000 refugees in two centers in Italy while their asylum applications are processed.

That contract, like Sunak’s Rwanda scheme, was heavily attacked by human rights organizations.

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