Watch: Rishi Sunak meets Italian prime minister at Downing Street
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Your support makes all the difference.Rishi Sunak met with Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni at Downing Street on Thursday, 27 April.
The UK prime minister and his far-right Italian counterpart discussed tackling irregular migration as part of Ms Meloni’s two-day visit to Britain.
Talks also focused on an agreement between the UK, Italy and Japan to develop next-generation fighter jets.
Ms Meloni and Mr Sunak then embarked on a private tour of Westminster Abbey.
The meeting comes a day after the government’s Illegal Migration Bill cleared its final stages in the House of Commons ahead of further scrutiny in the House of Lords.
Under the proposed law, people who arrive in the UK illegally will be detained and then promptly removed, either to their home country or a third country such as Rwanda.
In Italy, Ms Meloni has cracked down on migrant smugglers and on chariry-operated rescue ships, which she says encourage migrants to embark on dangerous voyages to try and reach Europe.
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