The Italian government approved new measures to crack down on migration Monday, after the southern island of Lampedusa was again overwhelmed by a wave of arrivals setting off from Tunisia and the migration issue returned to centre stage in Europe with talk of a naval blockade.
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00:00 France won't be taking in migrants from Lampedusa. That's according to Interior Minister Gerard
00:07 Darmanin, who claims 60% of the new arrivals to the Mediterranean island are not eligible
00:11 for asylum. This after thousands of migrants travelled to the island on small boats last
00:16 week seeking refuge. In response, Darmanin visited his Italian counterpart in Rome on
00:21 Monday to discuss how France might help its neighbour reinforce its external borders.
00:27 Further afield in Poland, those voting in October's general election will also face
00:31 a controversial referendum on migration.
00:33 "We want to send a clear warning signal, because Lampedusa is a warning signal. The
00:40 whole of Europe, the whole of the European Union, can look like Lampedusa if we continue
00:47 to make the same mistakes, the same schemes and mechanisms that the European Commission
00:54 has proposed."
00:55 Back in Italy, Premier Giorgio Moloni has announced extraordinary measures to deal with
01:03 the influx, including more detention centres, repatriations and a naval blockade of North
01:08 Africa. A request European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has not ruled out after
01:13 her recent visit to the island.
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