Labour government must stop shirking its asylum responsibilities, campaigners demand
Call comes as Sir Keir says he is ‘very interested’ to learn how Italy's far-right Prime Minister Georgia Meloni lowered migrant boat arrivals
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome, Italy, September 16, 2024
THE government must stop shirking its asylum responsibilities, campaigners demanded on Monday as the Prime Minister met his Italian counterpart.
Sir Keir Starmer joined Georgia Meloni in Rome, where he said he was “very interested” in Italy’s efforts to lower migration.
He claimed his government had returned to “British pragmatism” on migration and that he was particularly keen to hear about Ms Meloni’s work to tackle “upstream” issues with migration, rather than her agreement with Albania.
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