Despite Giorgia Meloni’s electoral promises, the central Mediterranean will see a considerable increase in irregular migration in 2023, with the highest figures since statistics began in 2009. This is the observation made by the director of the agency Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency. In an interview granted to several media on Friday, May 12, Hans Leijtens sounded the alarm: the smugglers have changed their modus operandi.
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Central Mediterranean: irregular migration up 300%
