Not since the crisis in 2015 has europe seen images quite like this. Images quite like this. The deputy Prime Minister decribes it is an invasion. Translation it is obviously organised, financed and prepared. It is an act of war because if we go on at 6,000 migrants a day it means collapse for italian society. I said at the beginning, what is happening in lampedusa is the death of europe. 7,000 migrants crossing the mediterranean in just two days to an island with Space Forjust 400. The storm at the beginning of the week had created a bottle neck on the North African beaches. But by wednesday, conditions were calmer. Nearly 200 boats crossed in just a few hours. There are thousands more who are waiting to cross. From here, most of these migrants will be transferred to the italian mainland, but the vast majority will disappear before those Asylum Claims are decided. They are heading north. And that is testing the European Union. Today, one of the leaders of the french far right, marion
In italy and irregular crossings of the Central Mediterranean sea have been increasing since 2020. But its true that over the last 12 months the situation has worsened from this perspective and also it has changed in terms of the composition of the flow. Now we have more people from Sub Saharan African countries trying to reach in. To reach italy and they are departing from tunisia. Paradoxically, tunisian citizens are not the first group represented in the flow towards italy any more, as it has been between 2018 and 20. And last year actually. And probably one of the main causes, the internal situation in tunisia, where policies introduced by the government, the discriminating sub saharan migrants presence or transiting through to the country have been pushing many, many, many people out of the country and towards the italian shores. Europe has tried and failed for many years. Excuse me. To find a collective response to this. Ive sat in on so many summits in brussels when these things
hello. welcome to the programme. we start this hour here in the uk with the general election campaign. labour says it s committed to reducing the number of people legally migrating to britain if it forms the next government. but speaking earlier, the shadow home secretary yvette cooper refused to set a target or any date by which a reduction would be achieved. net migration, the difference between the number of people arriving in the uk and leaving, stood at 685,000 last year. labour s plans include more apprenticeships in jobs that are currently reliant on a significant level of migrant workers. here s our political correspondent ione wells. immigration is a sticky issue in this election campaign, and both major parties say they want to control it. labour says it would train more uk workers to fill skills shortages and it says firms that pay exploitative wages would be banned from hiring foreign workers. but labour have not put a figure on how much they would reduce it by, a
hello. we start in the uk, where sir keir starmer has pledged to reduce the number of people legally migrating to the country, if labour win the general election. he plans to introduce new laws to train british workers to plug skills gaps in thejob market and strengthen anti exploitation laws. meanwhile, the conservatives have promised to build 100 new gp surgeries in england and boost the number of available appointments if they win the election. and in the coming hours john swinney, leader of the scottish national party, will formally launch the party s campaign, where he ll argue independence offers the country a better future . here is our political correspondent ione wells. immigration is a sticky issue in this campaign and both major parties say they want to control it. labour says it would train more uk workers to fill skills shortages and it says firms that pay exploitative wages would be banned from hiring foreign workers. but labour have not put a figure on how muc
hello. i m nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. we start this hour with the latest on the uk general election. in the last hour the scottish national party leader, john swinney has launched his party s campaign for the vote onjuly the 4th. at an election rally mr swinney pushed for independence, celebrated his party s record on fighting the cost of living as well as attacking both the conservatives and labour. he said people in scotland wanted rid of a disastrous tory government, and he accusing labour of giving an awfully good impression of them. let s take a listen to some of what the snp leader said. there are some people telling me to forget about this election, but after looking at sir keir starmer s series of u turns, i think people are crying out for political leadership. for leaders who argue for what they actually believe in. and i passionately believe independence is the best opportunity we have to build a more prosperous and fairer country. snp leaderjohn