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Meloni Calls for a Naval Blockade Off North Africa to Halt Rising Illegal Migration Flows 

Meloni's call for a blockade comes as more than 42,000 unvetted foreigners have arrived in Italy so far this year, up from nearly 30,000 in the same period last year, per figures from the Italian interior ministry.
  • Robert Semonsen
  • — August 15, 2022
Meloni's call for a blockade comes as more than 42,000 unvetted foreigners have arrived in Italy so far this year, up from nearly 30,000 in the same period last year, per figures from the Italian interior ministry.
  • Robert Semonsen
  • — August 15, 2022

Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the sovereigntist Fratelli d’Italia (FdI) party, has called for a naval blockade off the North African coast to halt the seemingly never-ending torrent of illegal migration flowing into Italy. 

Meloni’s statements, delivered days ago, come a little over a month before Italy’s general elections are set to take place, and as the country struggles to grapple with a massive influx of illegal migration that’s witnessed more than 45,000 unvetted foreigners—most from Tunisia, Egypt, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Syria— reach Italian shores since the beginning of 2022, alone, the Milan-based Il Giornale reports.

“The best solution to the problem of migration is to prevent the departures instead of arrivals” Meloni, who is poised to become Italy’s next prime minister, said in an interview with the Italian radio station RTL 102.5.

🔵 La soluzione è sempre la stessa, #FratellidItalia la propone da anni: #blocconavale subito!#BastaSbarchi pic.twitter.com/z5iPfEN9uO

— Fratelli d'Italia 🇮🇹 (@FratellidItalia) August 5, 2022

“Many claim that a naval blockade cannot be carried out because it is similar to an act of war,” she continued, before asking: “Why has the EU never attempted to negotiate with Libya to agree to stop departures?”

Additionally, Meloni called for the establishment of humanitarian facilities throughout North Africa’s migration hotspots to assist destitute migrants—and to better control migratory flows. She insisted that the European power bloc “can negotiate with the Libyan authorities” to restore respect for the rules, limit illegal migration, and prevent deaths at sea.

In a later post on social media, Meloni reiterated the point, saying: “Mass illegal immigration pleases organized crime, human traffickers, and those who profit from the desperate. Not those who defend, the legality, security, and dignity of every human being. Stopping the departure of boats, in agreement with North African authorities, is the only way to restore compliance with the rules and stop deaths at sea.”

“We are ready to defend the borders of Italy and Europe,” she wrote.

L’immigrazione illegale di massa piace alla criminalità organizzata, ai trafficanti di esseri umani e a chi lucra sui disperati. Non a chi difende la legalità, la sicurezza e la dignità di ogni essere umano.

— Giorgia Meloni 🇮🇹 ن (@GiorgiaMeloni) August 7, 2022

Meloni’s decision to keep her party out of Draghi’s recently collapsed technocratic coalition government has indeed paid dividends. With just over 40 days to go until Italians head to the ballot boxes to elect a new parliament, Meloni’s Fratelli d’Italia (FdI) party remains the clear frontrunner, at nearly a quarter of the national vote, according to an opinion poll carried out by the Italian research institute Demopolis. 

The same poll places the left-liberal globalist coalition—now composed of Partito Democratico (PD) and Sinistra Italiana (SI), and Federazione dei Verdi (FdV)—at 22.8% of the national vote. The coalition was dealt a serious blow after Azione, a relatively new EU-federalist centrist party that bills itself as an “anti-populist,” “anti-sovereigntist” party, dissolved its election pact with the Left coalition, as The European Conservative previously reported.

Robert Semonsen is a political journalist for The European Conservative. His work has been featured in various English-language news outlets in Europe and the Americas. He has an educational background in biological and medical science. His Twitter handle is @Robert_Semonsen.
  • Tags: Brothers of Italy, elections, Fratelli d'Italia, Giorgia Meloni, immigration, Italy, naval blockade

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