The Prime Minister said he hopes to discuss his counterpart Giorgia Meloni's 'strong ideas' on the crucial topic of illegal immigration when he visits her in Rome tomorrow
Sir Keir Starmer has said he will examine Italy's offshore processing plan for asylum-seekers as he heads out for talks with its right-wing leader.
Speaking to reporters on his trip to the White House, Sir Keir said: 'I've already had a preliminary discussion with Giorgia Meloni about this, about how we can work together on irregular migration.'She and I have already discussed how we can improve joint operations, so that is something we will discuss.'
Read More EU civil war over Germany's migrant plan continues as Wilders vows to copy it for the Netherlands So far Ms Meloni has focused on financial deals with North African countries such as Tunisia and Libya to improve their border security so they can stop boats setting off across the sea. Asked if he would consider the Albania scheme, Sir Keir replied: 'Let's see. It's in early days, I'm inter-ested in how that works, I think everybody else is. It's very very early days.'
He dismissed it as a 'gimmick' and insisted it would not have acted as a deterrent as the Conservatives believed since 'less than 1 per cent' of those crossing the Channel in dinghies could have been sent on one-way tickets to East Africa.
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