Italy blasted over migrant intake as experts claim 80 per cent have NO RIGHT to asylum
EIGHTY per cent of migrants in Italy have become illegal immigrants who are not eligible for asylum in the country, politicians have claimed.
Crisis in Italy as politicians say Renzi allowed illegal migrants in
Matteo Renzi’s defeat over reform of the Italian senate and his subsequent resignation have caused political turmoil in the EU nation - and led to mass criticism of the country’s current policies.
As key figures prepare to fight for the Prime Minister’s job Renzi’s decisions are being dissected, both at home and abroad.
European Immigration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos has labelled his reception policies over those arriving via Libya “absurd”.
Around 80% of migrants in Italy cannot get visa - it is claimed
African migrants climb fence into Spain's enclave of Ceuta
A new report has found Prime Minister of Libya, Fayez al-Sarraj, is directly benefiting from the migration from his country to Europe.
The research has suggested 300 million euros per year are generated from human trafficking and that amount represents the most substantial revenue to the cities controlled by Sarraj.
As long as we continue accepting everyone arriving on boats, Sarraj will continue receiving money from criminal groups that push migrants to our shores
Admiral Enrico Credendino, the commander of the mission Eunavfor Med, and author of the report said the smuggling of human beings guarantees a turnover of between 275 and 325 million euro per year.
Mr Credendino concluded the migration is a constant income for the Libyan leader while it remains a great strain on Italy.
He said: “As long as we continue accepting everyone arriving on boats, Sarraj will continue receiving money from criminal groups that push migrants to our shores.”
Commissioner Avramopoulos said: "If we compare Italy and Greece, said the Commissioner yesterday, up to 80% of migrants crossing the Aegean Sea are refugees, while 80 per cent of those who arrived in Italy from the Mediterranean are illegal."
Italians have faced a huge crisis in coastal areas as migrants arrive and boats sink
The majority of migrant arriving in Italy are not from Syria, but from countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Senegal, Gambia and Mali, experts have said.
Mr Avramopoulos said many will be able to stay despite being illegal, due to the allocation of migrants, approved by Brussels in late 2015.