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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen have published a joint document calling for tighter migration controls, Euronews reports.
“We do not accept uncontrolled immigration into Europe and pursue a strict migration policy. No one can deny the negative impact of illegal immigration on our society, namely the increase in crime, the growing pressure on public services and the erosion of public trust,” the statement said.
The issue of migrant arrivals in Europe has recently moved to the centre of political debate, first following the crisis in the Spanish city of Ceuta and the subsequent border tensions between Madrid and Rome, and later because of disagreements over a demand by the German government that Italy take back migrants who had used the peninsula as a “springboard” to reach other European countries.