The small Lampedusa between Africa and Sicily is currently at the center of the great migration debate. The situation escalated this week; Meloni and von der Leyen are expected on the island on Sunday.
This story can safely be told from the beginning, because the strongest image comes right at the beginning. That’s the moment when Lampedusa appears in the middle of the blue water desert on the left side of the small propeller plane that took off from Sicily three quarters of an hour ago. A small, barren island that can be seen at a glance, measured on foot, 9 km long, up to 3 km wide, that’s it. A pin in the Mediterranean.