{"id":1606028,"date":"2022-08-15T07:04:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T11:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1606028"},"modified":"2022-08-15T07:04:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T11:04:58","slug":"italian-ministry-reports-over-45000-boat-migrants-have-arrived-illegally-so-far-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/italian-ministry-reports-over-45000-boat-migrants-have-arrived-illegally-so-far-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Ministry Reports Over 45,000 Boat Migrants Have Arrived Illegally So Far This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fitalian-ministry-reports-over-45000-boat-migrants-have-arrived-illegally-so-far-this-year%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1606028&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The Italian Interior Ministry has released new statistics showing that, since the start of 2022, over 45,000 migrants have illegally entered the country as new boat landings continue on Italian shores.<\/p>\n<p>The Interior Ministry figures say that a total of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.interno.gov.it\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-08\/cruscotto_statistico_giornaliero_12-08-2022.pdf\">45,664 migrants have arrived<\/a> on Italian shores since January 1st \u2014 a substantial rise from the same period last year, in which\u00a032,533 migrants arrived in Italy illegally by sea.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Over a quarter of the migrants who have arrived in Italy this year did so last month as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/08\/03\/italy-july-saw-more-illegal-migrant-arrivals-than-entire-year-of-2019\/\">13,197 migrants landed<\/a> in July alone, a monthly figure not seen since 2017 \u2014 and a figure greater than all of the migrant arrivals in the entire year of 2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Italy: July Saw More Illegal Migrant Arrivals Than Entire Year of 2019<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8YC57wUWUz\">https:\/\/t.co\/8YC57wUWUz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1554769049430548483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So far this month, as of August 12th, 4,230 migrants have arrived in Italy, with the 5th of August alone seeing over a thousand arrivals. Last year, August saw more arrivals than July of 2021, but it is unclear if that trend will repeat this year as 2020 saw more arrivals in July than August.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/cronache\/oltre-45mila-sbarchi-gennaio-non-normalit-nel-2019-furono-2058425.html\">report<\/a> from the newspaper<em> Il Giornale<\/em>, the only year to see more migrants arrive during the period from January 1st to August 12th was 2017, when\u00a095,215 migrants arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Tunisians, Egyptians and Bangladeshis remain the three most common countries of origin for illegal immigrants entering Italy, followed by Afghans and Syrians.<\/p>\n<p>While more and more migrants arrive in Italy, recent figures show that very few of them are legitimate refugees, with just 15 per cent of the migrants who came illegally last year being recognized as having refugee status. Over half had their asylum claims rejected.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Italian populist League leader Matteo Salvini has called for the country\u2019s next Interior Minister to be a member of his party, citing the successes he had tackling illegal immigration when he had the job. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1HWSZftj81\">https:\/\/t.co\/1HWSZftj81<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1556471985785405441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Populist League leader Matteo Salvini, who has made immigration a major part of his campaign going into next month\u2019s national elections, commented on the arrival figures earlier this month.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn July of this year, we exceeded the landings recorded throughout 2019. We can\u2019t wait to return to the government to take care of work, security, and defence of Italy,\u201d Salvini said, adding: \u201cWe need a minister ready to defend the borders, we owe it out of respect for Italians in difficulty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Migrant arrivals decreased sharply during Salvini\u2019s time as Interior Minister in 2018 and 2019, and Salvini himself has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/08\/07\/italian-elections-salvini-may-return-as-interior-minister-to-stop-illegal-migration\/\">hinted at returning to the role<\/a>, stating that a memebr of his party, the League, should be Italy\u2019s next Interior Minister.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI count on a man or a woman from the League at the Viminale [Interior Ministry] because we wrote the security decrees. I think, with regard to immigration, that in 2018 and 2019, Italy was a safer, more protected, more European country. I will go where the Italians send me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy (FdI), the most popular party in the centre-right coalition with Salvini\u2019s League and Silvio Berlusconi\u2019s Forza Italia, has also come out strongly on illegal migration, suggesting Italy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11091309\/Italian-navy-blockade-Libya-stop-migrants-PM-hopeful-says.html\">launch a naval blockade<\/a> to stop migrant boats.<\/p>\n<p>Polling and forecast projections suggest the centre-right alliance<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/08\/11\/meloni-salvini-alliance-could-win-60-per-cent-of-seats-in-national-election\/\"> could win a majority of seats<\/a> in next month\u2019s national election on September 25th, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/08\/11\/salvini-clears-the-way-for-firebrand-meloni-as-italian-pm\/\">both Salvini<\/a> and ally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/07\/31\/berlusconi-open-to-italy-being-led-by-firebrand-anti-communist-meloni\/\">Silvio Berlusconi<\/a> have opened the door for anti-communist and socially conservative firebrand Ms Meloni to become Italy\u2019s first female prime minister.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Salvini Clears The Way For Firebrand Meloni as Italian PM<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i0e8lSmQW3\">https:\/\/t.co\/i0e8lSmQW3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1557698355895173121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at\u00a0<span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>or email at\u00a0ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Italian Interior Ministry has released new statistics showing that, since the start of 2022, over 45,000 migrants have illegally entered the country as new boat landings continue on Italian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1606190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1606028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1606028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1606190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1606028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1606028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1606028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}