On the sidelines of a European Council meeting on October 23, Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni alongside her Danish and Dutch counterparts Mette Frederiksen and Dick Schoof hosted an informal meeting between some EU member states that are the most interested in finding innovative solutions to tackle migration issues.

The Italian government announced the meeting in a statement after it was held. Alongside Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands, and the European Commission, the other participants were Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Malta, Poland, and Sweden.

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Officials to meet in Rome on November 5

In a speech, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen illustrated the main targets for forthcoming migration policy. In particular, she emphasized the need to speed up talks on repatriation regulations and the EU list of safe countries.

In addition to confirming Italy's commitment to innovative solutions, Prime Minister Meloni gave updates on the capacity of international conventions to meet irregular migration challenges and on upcoming initiatives.

A meeting at the level of government officials will take place in Rome on November 5, to continue joint efforts.

The leaders agreed to continue to maintain close collaboration not only in the EU and European Council but also more in general in various international contexts to more effectively promote an EU-wide approach and an orderly approach to migration flows.

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'Either EU is xenophobic or some judges are ideological'

On the eve of the October 23-24 European Council meeting in Brussels, Meloni spoke on the issue of migration in her communication to both the Italian upper and lower houses of parliament, saying that her government's migration policies were working.

"Migrant boat landings have decreased by 30 percent and repatriations have increased by 52 percent," she noted, saying that the choice of migrant centers in Albania was also a choice she continued to stand by.

"We will see in the end whether they will work," she said during her speech at the Chamber of Deputies, "but I want to ask a question: does it not seem bizarre that, in the European Commission proposal of a European list of safe countries there are all the nations from which migrants arrive for which Italian judges have not authorised their transfer to Albania. Who is right and who is wrong? Has Europe become xenophobic or are there some judges who make choices based on ideological reasons? One of the two must be right and the other wrong."

To the Senate, Meloni simply focused on the benefits of the fight against irregular immigration.

"Italy's determined stance against mass illegal immigration continues," she said. "The results are arriving and once we have finally created a framework of effective European regulations, we are certain that these results will be even better. And those benefiting the most will be the outskirts of our cities, the weakest parts of our population, the authorities tasked with public security that will no longer see their efforts frustrated, and the foreigners legally here who chose to integrate into our society. More in general, all Italians will benefit, even those who do not agree with our approach. We promised this and we are doing this."

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