Back on track with targets like ending extreme poverty and tacking climate change. And president s and Prime Ministers will take the opportunity to seize the global spotlight including us President Joe Biden who arrived On Sunday Evening in new york. To talk about all of this and what we can expect from the week ahead, im joined now from new york by michael bociurkiw, Global Affairs analyst and Non Resident Seniorfellow at the atlantic council. Lets talk about who is not going to be there, rishi sunak, emmanuel macron, and modi, xi jinping. Quite a list. What do you make of those absences . Quite a list indeed. Un Secretary General laid it down and says this isnt a chauffeur vanity fair. Show for vanity fair. Id more leaders are using that excuse, that they are very busy, so they are sure show up in certain summits. In the case of rishi sunak, if reporting is to be believed, he is not only very busy but afraid to be called out at the un Climate Summit for not performing well enough on
Like ending extreme poverty and tacking Climate Change. And president s and Prime Ministers will take the opportunity to seize the global spotlight, including us President Joe Biden who arrived On Sunday Evening in new york. Earlier, i spoke to michael bociurkiw, Global Affairs analyst and non resident Senior Fellow at the atlantic council, about what we can expect from the week ahead. Lets touch on whos not going to be there. French president macron, british Prime Minister rishi sunak, chinese president xijinping, russian president vladimir putin, indian Prime Minister narendra modi, among others. It is quite a list. What do you make of those absences . Yes, it is quite a list indeed. Well, the un Secretary General played it down and says this isnt a show for vanity fair. Whoever comes, he will engage with them. But im finding World Leaders are using more and more of that excuse, that theyre very busy, so they are show up at certain summits. In the case of the uk Prime Minister, if re
Times its capacity. Congested, chaotic, some trying any futile way to get free. Today, two new arrivals, rather more planned the italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the eu president Ursula Von Der Leyen, to see for themselves the turmoil at europes door. Italys leader is under pressure. Elected with promises to curb migration, numbers are now double the same period last year. Translation what is at stake here is the future, the future that europe wants to set for itself, and it is very important to be able to tackle the huge, massive challenges which lie ahead for us, especially in terms of illegal immigration. The eu president offered more help from the bloc s border force to crack the smugglers, and more efforts to distribute migrants across europe something several eu members have refused, prompting fears she was armed more with rhetoric than with workable solutions. Migration is a european challenge and it needs a european answer and solution. It is concrete actions that will
It wasnt enough to just redistribute migrants across the eu. One of europes Migration Choke Points is gasping. More than 8,000 arriving in Lampedusa Injust three days this week, more than the whole population of the italian island. The Migrant Centre built to hold 400 was at ten times its capacity. Congested, chaotic, some trying any futile way to get free. Today, two new arrivals rather more planned. The italian Prime Minister, giorgio meloni, and the eu president , Ursula Von Der Leyen to see for themselves the turmoil at europes door. Italys leader is under pressure, elected with promises to curb migration. Numbers are now double the same period last year. Translation what is at stake here is the future, future that l europe wants to set for itself. And it is very important to be able to tackle the huge, massive challenge challenges which lie ahead for us, especially in terms of illegal immigration. The eu president offered more help from the bloc s border force to crack the smuggle