«We need a new global plan»- -

«We need a new global plan»- -
«We need a new global plan»- -

The Foreign Minister showed some colored maps created by the Farnesina to show the delegates of all the countries why our coasts are assaulted daily by boats and small boats arriving from North Africa

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NEW YORK – Antonio Tajani has brought the migrant problem that haunts the Italian government to the United Nations Headquarters. Before his three-minute speech, the Foreign Minister showed Italian journalists some colored maps created by the Farnesina to show delegates from all countries why our coasts are daily
stormed by boats and small boats arriving from North Africa.

The sub-Saharan nations from which people are fleeing due to wars, drought, hunger, such as Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Sudan and Guinea. According to data from September 18, of the 128,869 arrivals in Italy in 2023, 124,731 traveled along the central Mediterranean route, starting from the ports of Libya, Tunisia and Algeria.

Today the challenge in Africa is an enormous challenge – said the deputy prime minister at the UN General Assembly speaking in English, French and Spanish – The political and economic instability is causing a flow of migrants from the Sahel region and East Africa and West. No country can tackle this phenomenon alone. Then the appeal to the United Nations for a new global plan.

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September 18, 2023 (changed September 18, 2023 | 9:07 pm)

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