- Lampedusa has gained tremendous political significance. Both as a bat in the political debate on immigration and migration, but also in the years when there were a huge number of migrants across the sea here, says Marie Nordstrand, SVT's emissary in Italy.

Although refugee flows have declined in recent years, the refugee issue is still relevant in Italy, which may be due to the country's financial difficulties and the problems with unemployment, according to Marie Nordstrand.

- Immigration hostile government party Lega is a party that has continued to focus on this problem of immigration. It is a simple question where you paint the immigration issue as black or white and that this would be the solution to Italy's problem. So right now it's pretty much all about propaganda and politics, ”says Marie Nordstrand.

Hear Marie Nordstrand tell us more in the clip from Aktuellt above