The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, replied to the President of the Italian Council, Giorgia Meloni, on Monday 6 March, who had previously asked her in a letter also addressed to the Swedish Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson, for strong action on migration to prevent tragedies such as the shipwreck off the coast of Crotone on 26 February.
Ms von der Leyen refers in her letter to the “moral duty” of Europeans to prevent these tragedies and outlines to Ms Meloni...