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The Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi with his counterparts from Spain, Greece and Pakistan in Rome, February 24, 2026 | Photo: INTERIOR MINISTRY/ANSAmed
Migrants, like these crossing from North Africa to the Canaries, face great risks. FILE: February 4, 2024 | Photo: Europa Press/AP Photo/picture alliance
Stuffed toys and a wreath during a vigil on the beach of Steccato di Cutro commemorating the February 26, 2023, shipwreck | Photo: ARCHIVE/ANSA/LUIGI SALSINI) (ANSAmed)
Some of the survivors from the boat capsize reach land on Crete on Saturday, February 21, 2026 | Photo: Stefanos Rapanis / Reuters
File photo: Although overall more migrants arrive in Greece by sea, Greece is building up its land border fence too, to try and prevent the arrival of migrants along the Evros border | Photo: Dimitris Papamitsos/Greek Prime Minister's Office/AP/picture alliance