This is reported by AFP.

According to Le Journal du Dimanche, earlier Di Mayo called on the European Union to impose sanctions on France and other countries that "bring Africa to poverty" and by their actions lead to tragedies with sunken ships, in which migrants are trying to get to Europe.

"The European Union must punish France and all countries that act like it, impoverishing Africa ... The place of Africans is in Africa, and not at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea," said the Italian politician.

On Saturday, January 19, a representative of the International Organization for Migration, Flavio di Giacomo, reported that almost 120 people were missing during the shipwreck with migrants off the coast of Libya.

On January 20, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said that two shipwrecks had occurred in the Mediterranean over the past few days, in which 170 migrants died or went missing.