The Italian government has once again reported an increase in migrant arrivals on Italian coasts since Christmas Day. Some of you may recall that three months ago, the Italian government passed stricter laws aimed at curbing what the country calls ‘migration crisis’. Also, according to government data, this year alone, more than 127,000 refugees and migrants have arrived in Italy, double the 2022 figure for the same period. So what can we read into this and how is the current administration dealing with this issue? For more on this, we are joined by…..

GUEST: Vito Laterza, Associate Professor in Development Studies at the University of Agder, Norway