Italy’s Giorgia Meloni vows to take ‘extraordinary measures’ to tackle migration

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said she’ll take ‘extraordinary measures’ to deal with migration (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has vowed to take “extraordinary measures” to deal with an influx of migrants, including renewed calls for a naval blockade of North Africa.

Her comments come after a week in which more than 6,000 people arrived within a day on the island of Lampedusa from Tunisia.