A continent once widely skeptical of Giorgia Meloni now looks to the Italian prime minister for a solution to the problem of rampant mass migration in Europe.
A core tenet of Meloni’s 2022 campaign involved curbing illegal immigration flows to Italy.
Italian dissatisfaction with the crisis partially propelled Meloni’s political success, as mass waves of migration disproportionately affect the European Union border state.
Indeed, Italy’s southernmost tip, Lampedusa, more than earned its nickname as the “gateway to Europe.” In 2023, over 6,000 migrants entered the island in a single day.
The European Union’s so-called Dublin Regulation exacerbates the problem by requiring migrants to be processed in the first country they enter.
From 2023 to 2024, Meloni’s migration policies reduced sea crossings to Italy by an unprecedented 62%. Rather than…
