"As a result of the insecurity in large parts of Africa and the Middle East, we are facing unprecedented migratory pressure. Every day, the Italian government attempts to address this crisis and combat huge illegal immigration. We take this seriously at every level, involving other European nations and reaching agreements with African countries to halt boat departures and dismantle the human trafficking network. And with norms based on common sense to facilitate the expulsion of those without the right to be welcomed. A challenging task, to be sure, but one that, with patience and determination, can yield tangible benefits. Of course, everything becomes much more difficult if, in the meantime, other countries act in the opposite direction, and if even a small part of Italy does everything in its power to encourage illegal immigration." Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's remark regarding the Catania court's ruling that the recent government decree is "illegitimate in several parts" and thus invalidates the detention of three asylum-seeking migrants in the refugee center in the Modica-Pozzallo industrial area in Ragusa, which opened a week ago, is not diplomatic. The Interior Ministry will appeal the ruling, but in the interim, a political crisis erupts: "I am not speaking only of the ideologized left and the circuit that has its own rich interests in hospitality," Meloni clarifies. "I was shocked by the sentence of the judge of Catania, who, for inexplicable reasons ('the physical characteristics of the migrant, the fact that the gold miners in Tunisia consider favorable the performance of their activity'), releases an illegal immigrant who was already the subject of an expulsion order, unilaterally declaring Tunisia an unsafe country (a task that does not belong to the judiciary), and lashing out against democratically elected measures. This is not the first time this has happened, and it will not be the last. But we will continue to do what is necessary to safeguard the Italian State's legality and borders. Fearless."
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