Yesterday, our Scientific Coordinator, Prof. Virginie Collombier, was featured in the French newspaper La Croix. The article delves into Italy’s border control policies under the Meloni government and their outcomes to date.

Prof. Collombier characterizes Rome’s policies as ‘paradoxical.’ She highlights the contradiction between the rhetoric of regaining border control and the actual policies that delegate this control to transit countries. She argues that this approach of externalizing border control ultimately leaves Italy more vulnerable and dependent on authoritarian regimes that use blackmail for their own interests.

Read the full article in French.