The adoption of the EU’s pact on migration and asylum has left Italy's leaders and opposition parties so divided. ADVERTISEMENTGiorgia Meloni’s key challenge has been to curb illegal migration, since becoming Italy’s prime minister in 2022. However, delivering on the main promise of her political programme has been particularly difficult given the sharp increase in the number of arrivals from North Africa since the beginning of her mandate. As she launched her Brothers of Italy party's campaign before upcoming European elections, she took credit for changing Europe’s approach to migration. Official data for the first three months of 2024 shows the number of arrivals has decreased by more than half compared to the same period last year.
