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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Giada Zampano and Paolo Santalucia

Italian Premier Meloni says curbing migrant arrivals from Africa is about investment, not charity

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told her European Union partners Thursday that curbing migration flows from African countries has less to do with offers of charity than strong partnerships coupled with strategic investments in those nations.

Meloni told reporters at a year-end news conference that last month's deal on the EU's Migration and Asylum Pact partially improved the situation for Italy and other asylum countries, but does not represent a solution to increasing migrant arrivals.

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