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Italy’s Salvini pledges to move migrant centers to N. Africa

Migrants gather inside a the reception center in the Sicilian Island of Lampedusa, Italy, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Italy's former interior minister, Matteo Salvini, is making a stop Thursday on Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa, the gateway to tens of thousands of migrants arriving in Italy each year across the perilous central Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/David Lohmueller) Migrants sit inside a the reception center in the Sicilian Island of Lampedusa, Italy, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Italy's former interior minister, Matteo Salvini, is making a stop Thursday on Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa, the gateway to tens of thousands of migrants arriving in Italy each year across the perilous central Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/David Lohmueller) Migrants wait to board an Italian Coast Guard ship in the Sicilian Island of Lampedusa, Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. Italy's former firebrand interior minister, Matteo Salvini, is campaigning to get his old job back. Salvini is making a stop Thursday on Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa, the gateway to tens of thousands of migrants arriving in Italy each year across the perilous central Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/David Lohmueller) Italy's former Interior minister, Matteo Salvini and Leader of The League party, center, visits migrant reception center in the Sicilian Island of Lampedusa, Italy, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Salvini is making a stop Thursday on Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa, the gateway to tens of thousands of migrants arriving in Italy each year across the perilous central Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/David Lohmueller) Italy's former Interior minister, Matteo Salvini and Leader of The League party, center, talks to journalists after visiting the migrant reception center in the Sicilian Island of Lampedusa, Italy, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Salvini is making a stop Thursday on Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa, the gateway to tens of thousands of migrants arriving in Italy each year across the perilous central Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/David Lohmueller) Italy's former Interior minister, Matteo Salvini and Leader of The League party, talks to journalists after visiting the migrant reception center in the Sicilian Island of Lampedusa, Italy, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Salvini is making a stop Thursday on Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa, the gateway to tens of thousands of migrants arriving in Italy each year across the perilous central Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/David Lohmueller) Italy's former Interior minister, Matteo Salvini and Leader of The League party, center, talks to journalists after visiting the migrant reception center in the Sicilian Island of Lampedusa, Italy, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Salvini is making a stop Thursday on Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa, the gateway to tens of thousands of migrants arriving in Italy each year across the perilous central Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/David Lohmueller) Italy's former Interior minister, Matteo Salvini and Leader of The League party, leaves the town hall building during his visit in the Sicilian Island of Lampedusa, Italy, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Salvini is making a stop Thursday on Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa, the gateway to tens of thousands of migrants arriving in Italy each year across the perilous central Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/David Lohmueller) Boats used by migrants to cross the Mediterranean sea are removed from the harbor of the Sicilian Island of Lampedusa, Italy, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Italy's former firebrand interior minister, Matteo Salvini, is campaigning to get his old job back. Salvini is making a stop Thursday on Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa, the gateway to tens of thousands of migrants arriving in Italy each year across the perilous central Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/David Lohmueller) Italy's former Interior minister, Matteo Salvini and Leader of The League party, is chased by journalists upon his arrival at the airport in the Sicilian Island of Lampedusa, Italy, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Salvini is making a stop Thursday on Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa, the gateway to tens of thousands of migrants arriving in Italy each year across the perilous central Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/David Lohmueller) Italy's former Interior minister, Matteo Salvini and Leader of The League party, center, visits the migrant reception center in the Sicilian Island of Lampedusa, Italy, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Salvini is making a stop Thursday on Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa, the gateway to tens of thousands of migrants arriving in Italy each year across the perilous central Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/David Lohmueller) FILE - Migrants wait to board an Italian Coast Guard ship in the Sicilian Island of Lampedusa, Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. Italy’s former firebrand interior minister, Matteo Salvini, is campaigning to get his old job back. Salvini is making a stop Thursday on Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa, the gateway to tens of thousands of migrants arriving in Italy each year across the perilous central Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/David Lohmueller, File) FILE - Leader of The League party, Matteo Salvini, speaks at a party's rally in Pontida, northern Italy, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019. Italy’s former firebrand interior minister, Matteo Salvini, is campaigning to get his old job back. Salvini is making a stop Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022 on Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa, the gateway to tens of thousands of migrants arriving in Italy each year across the perilous central Mediterranean Sea. Salvini is sounding the alarm that the migrant reception center on the island is overcrowded to the breaking point. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
Italy’s Salvini pledges to move migrant centers to N. Africa