{"id":1428586,"date":"2023-09-21T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1428586"},"modified":"2023-09-21T06:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T10:45:00","slug":"eus-conservative-leaders-blast-melonis-betrayal-cowardice-amid-lampedusa-migrant-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/eus-conservative-leaders-blast-melonis-betrayal-cowardice-amid-lampedusa-migrant-invasion\/1428586\/","title":{"rendered":"EU’s Conservative Leaders Blast Meloni’s “Betrayal, Cowardice” Amid\u00a0Lampedusa Migrant Invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"

EU’s Conservative Leaders Blast Meloni’s “Betrayal, Cowardice” Amid\u00a0Lampedusa Migrant Invasion<\/span><\/p>\n

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The European Right is calling out\u00a0Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for what they call a betrayal and U-turn on migration at this key moment that the southern Italian island of\u00a0Lampedusa is being overwhelmed with well over 6,000 migrants, the bulk of which flooded the tiny outpost on a single day last week.<\/p>\n

For example,\u00a0Matteo Salvini and France’s Marine Le Pen, who leads the National Rally\u2019s parliamentary faction, have\u00a0blasted Meloni for her handling of the crisis<\/strong>, or rather for being missing in action at this pivotal moment.<\/p>\n

Via AP: Italian Vice Premier Matteo Salvini, head of the populist, right-wing League stands on stage with French right-wing leader Marine Le Pen in Pontida, northern Italy, Sunday, September 17, 2023<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

“(There is) trouble, trouble for those leaders who don\u2019t realize there are signs of alarm and danger from the massive arrival of migrants on Lampedusa,” Le Pen said at a rally this week.\u00a0“An island of 6,000 people, where more than 6,000 migrants arrived in a single day \u2014 trouble for the population in which the leaders don\u2019t take action immediately to face this giant challenge<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

The AP called it a direct “swipe” at Meloni, even though she wasn’t mentioned by name. Le Pen went so far as to say these same\u00a0leaders “justify their cowardice by claiming there is no alternative.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

She added that European parties must defend “our people, as Matteo (Salvini) did so brilliantly with courage and pugnacity <\/strong>when he had the power to do so (\u2026) by dramatically reducing the number of migrants.”<\/p>\n

Some officials in Italy and across Europe have questioned why Meloni hasn’t gone to the overwhelmed tiny island of Lampedusa in person, or else why she’s not taking a more direct and active role in solving the crisis while enacting more aggressive preventative measures.<\/p>\n

Before and after of #Lampedusa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The before is a beautiful tourist island, now it’s become a migrant island.<\/p>\n

Migrants are the majority and the nationals are a minority.@vonderleyen<\/a> wants all EU members to take in a percentage of these men.<\/p>\n

Other EU members are saying no more.\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/pqiWIcBYgJ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 patrice \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea (@patricej36) September 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

Instead, Europe is debating the 10-point plan offered by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, but so far it doesn’t look like it will get off the ground<\/a>…<\/p>\n

Poland rejects EU’s proposals to transfer migrants from the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa across member states<\/strong>, a minister said on Wednesday.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cNobody can force us to do this. We will act in such a way as not to accept immigrants. The EU is preparing to introduce such coercion. That is why we are holding a referendum so that Poles can have their say,\u201d Maciej Wasik, a deputy interior minister, told Polish Radio.<\/em><\/p>\n

The public vote on migration and three other issues, and parliamentary elections in Poland are scheduled for Oct. 15.<\/em><\/p>\n

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s 10-point plan for Lampedusa includes, among other pledges, supporting the transfer of migrants to other EU member states, and returning them to their countries of origin.<\/em><\/p>\n

Thousands of the migrants on the Italian island of Lampedusa have decided to break out of the temporary asylum center and are now building road blocks as a protest against the authorities.<\/p>\n

They demand to be allowed to go to mainland Europe immediately. pic.twitter.com\/OlRVnoMLp0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Visegr\u00e1d 24 (@visegrad24) September 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

Polish officials when asked how many migrants from Lampedusa Poland is ready to accept have replied: “None.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, there are persistent stories and reports of more boats having arrived…<\/p>\n

In the past 24 hours 20 more boats have arrived.
\nTotal over over 18,000! More boats are underway towards Lampedusa, Italy.<\/p>\n

The local population of the island is 6,000 and is now outnumbered by 3 to 1. Areas of the island are now blocked off and controlled by various ethnic\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/DH7p0jCyUl<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) September 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

And already the island’s very limited holding facilities for migrants, with merely some 400 beds, have long been overwhelmed. Simple food, housing, and logistical infrastructure is in extremely short supply – and footage of migrants roaming the streets or packed along roadside facilities continues to emerge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nThu, 09\/21\/2023 – 02:45<\/span><\/p>\n

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