UK and Italy leaders Starmer and Meloni meet to discuss migration | BBC News

UK and Italy leaders Starmer and Meloni meet to discuss migration | BBC News




Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he is “interested” in learning about Italy’s scheme to send migrants rescued at sea to Albania to process asylum claims.

The British leader is meeting Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, as Italy receives the highest number of migrant arrivals, but has recently seen a dramatic fall.

“I’ve long believed that prevention and stopping people travelling in the first place is one of the best ways to deal with this particular issue”, said Keir Starmer.

The pair will discuss what is known as irregular migration, among other issues, as both countries aim to reduce arrivals by sea.

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  1. Meloni: "you see, Mr Starmer. We pay these sh*t-hole countries to keep their riffraff from coming to Italy; it's a lot of money for them, but affordable for us.. . . Where does your riffraff come from?"
    Starmer: "France".
    Meloni: "Oh. Well, have you tried getting tougher on asylum claims and efficiently processing and deporting failed asylum seekers back to their home countries?"
    Starmer: "No, our civil service (the permanent un-elected state bureaucracy) won't let us; said they'll strike. And the ECHR won't let us either."

  2. Why has no politician ever gone on TV to explain why they can't simply stop the boats?
    And why doesn't the BBC call them out on this in interviews?
    No boat has the right to sail into British waters against the government's will. We are perfectly entitled to stop all boats sailing across our sea border. The BBC needs to corner politicians and get an admission they simply do not want to stop the boats, they are only pretending to want to stop them. There isn't any can't.

  3. our government are liars, vote reform 2029 simple, there entire party is based on border control, labour freeze the old to death, release prisoners who HALF REOFFENDED, blaming than owning the issues on old government, increasing taxes when they said they'd cut it, removed rwanda plan what is identical to the albania plan BUT WORSE , as once at albania, have a chance to return to the uk, making it pointless while rwanda was, never to return, caused the riots for his little words at the stabbings of children, caused 2 tier policing, said prisons are full then locked up a fb commenter and a man who yelled at a police dog, and other camera people by standers, and you wonder why we can't stop the boats while this joke is happening, who voted labour?? I know i didn't I hope those who voted for this wet wipe have buyers remorse, 2029 NIGEL FARAGE FOR PM and reform want to scrap the 20mph in wales and to stop it happening to england ! and !!! reform want to scrap tv licence fees! AND!!!!!!! NO TAX on low payed workers who earn under 20K!!!! British people 1st !! AND REFORM WILL STOP THE BOATS. MY GOD PEOPLE, WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE WANT BORDER CONTROL, so we can pick and choose who enter who will tribute to us and benefit us than SPONGE OFF US, increasing your tax BILL & taking your houses ! labour thinking there is a house shortage, there is not, there is a overflow of people in this country, to many people in other words, we are full ! and in so doing this to house everybody, we are DESTROYING our NATURE ! Nature that makes this land unique! I lived opposite a moorlands, with newts, that are endangered, just because it fits now, WE CAN BUILD there, even though the newts stopped any other previous housing in the past, it just because it suits the government now, it sod the nature!, plus everybody who comes into the uk, In 10 years time, or sooner will have the chance to vote, and you know what, they will vote labour, a party for more immigration, labour are filling the country with labour voters to keep labour in power for ever and soon oppose us to go cashless letting the banks hike up transaction fee's 50 purchases, 50 extra quid, use cash, that fee doesn't exist, the bank can't do jack, you are loosing your freedoms,, you are choosing to loose your freedoms and your heritance, being British WiLL be a dieing culture, if we embrace EVERYBODY ELSES CULTURE AND PUT US LAST! WAKE UP, VOTE REFORM 2029

  4. There are no people smugglers . It's just lots of people buying big inflatable boats from SHOPS …. How stupid does the government think we are ? Here's a thought BAN the sale of inflatable boats any bigger than a 4 man dinghy … Problem solved .