Does the Italian PM Stand Alone Against Mass Illegal Migration?

The total number of illegal arrivals to Italy has reached 100,000 this year, double the same period last year.

Illegal immigrants wait at the operational centre called the "Hotspot" to receive registration papers from the Red Cross on the Italian island of Lampedusa, on Sept. 17, 2023. Zakaria Abdelkafi/AFP via Getty Images

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Last weekend, the illegal migration crisis that has gripped Europe plunged to new depths when over 6,000 people arrived by boat on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa halfway between Tunisia and Italy.