ROME (Reuters) - Italy welcomed on Wednesday 114 migrants from Libya as part of a 'humanitarian corridor' organised by Christian charities, with members of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's rightist administration saying they supported legal migration channels. The migrants landed at Rome's Fiumicino airport weeks after a furious spat between Italy and France, triggered by Rome's refusal to take in a charity-run migrant rescue boat with more than 200 people onboard. "We say no to human smugglers and yes to a path that leads to integration. This compares with almost 95,000 boat migrants who have arrived in Italy from north Africa in the year to date, up from around 63,000 in the same period of 2021, interior ministry data shows. According to the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR), more than 2 million people are seeking asylum in safe countries.

Source: Libya Today December 01, 2022 04:55 UTC