Italian Prime Minister: Migrant landings six times higher than 2019

Source: Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi revealed that his country has seen a six-fold increase in migrant landings since 2019, and called for help from the European Union in dealing with the ongoing crisis. Prime Minister Draghi spoke of the worsening migrant crisis in the Central Mediterranean during a speech in the Italian parliament this week, stating: “This year there has been a number of landings six times higher than in 2019.”