Migrants, Crosetto: "The pro-Putin mercenaries of the Wagner brigade are behind the landing boom"
According to the minister, "Russia uses its weight in some African countries". The hypothesis of involving the Navy returns
After the discovery of three other bodies in the waters of Cutro (Cosenza), the government returns to deal with the migrant dossier. This morning a summit was held at Palazzo Chigi which was attended by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi, Defense Minister Guido Crosetto and colleagues from Transport Matteo Salvini and Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani via video link.
Among the hypotheses taken into consideration by the executive there is also the idea of greater coordination on maritime surveillance for the identification of boats carrying migrants in extraterritorial waters, with the involvement of the Navy , which has the adequate technological tools. A measure that went in this direction had been foreseen in the first drafts of the decree on the fight against irregular immigration, then deleted before the launch of the definitive text by the Council of Ministers in Cutro.
«It seems to me that by now we can say that the exponential increase in the migratory phenomenon that departs from the African coasts is also, to a considerable extent, part of a clear strategy of hybrid warfare that the Wagner division, mercenaries in the pay of Russia, is implementing , using its relevant weight in some African countries», Crosetto said . «The EU, NATO and the West, just as they realized that cyber attacks were part of the global confrontation that the Ukrainian conflict has opened, today it would be appropriate for them to understand that the southern European front is also becoming more dangerous every day. They should also take note that uncontrolled and continuous immigration, added to the economic and social crisis, becomes a way to hit the most exposed countries, above all Italy, and their clear and sharp geostrategic choices ", added the exponent of the Brothers of Italy. Wagner's head Yevgeny Prigozhin replied immediately: «Crosetto should look less in other directions and deal with his own problems, which he probably hasn't been able to solve. We are not aware of what is happening with the migration crisis, we do not deal with it, we have a lot of our own problems to deal with".
(Unioneonline/F)
