Italy: Illegal migrant landings pass 100k for first time since 2017

(Breitbart) The number of illegal immigrant landings in Italy has pushed past 100,000 for the first time since 2017, as the Italian government under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni struggles to deal with waves of boat landings.

Italian Interior Ministry statistics claim that this week the number of illegal arrivals stood at 100,354 since the start of the year, a number that has greatly surpassed last year’s total of 64,055 as Italy has seen a relentless number of migrant boats land on its shores.

The number of landings is the largest since 2017 when a total of 119,310 arrived in Italy as numbers have been steadily rising since 2020, Il Giornale reports.

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