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Starmer to discuss migrant boat crossings with Meloni in Italy

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said he is “interested” in learning about Italy’s scheme to send migrants rescued at sea to Albania to process their asylum claims, ahead of his first official visit to Rome.
The British leader is set to meet Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Monday.
Top of the agenda will be migration and how the UK can learn from Italy – the European Union member receiving the highest number of migrant arrivals, but which has recently seen a dramatic fall.
Asked whether he would consider a similar agreement to the one Italy struck with Albania, Sir Keir said this weekend: “Let’s see. It’s in early days, I’m interested in how that works, I think everybody else is.”

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