Italy's PM: Legal migration won't solve Europe's demographic crisis

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks during the Budapest Demographic Summit in Budapest, Hungary, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

ROME (Reuters) - Some legal migration can benefit European economies but migration is not the solution to the continent's demographic crisis, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday.

She was addressing a summit meeting on demography in Budapest hosted by right-wing nationalist Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a long-time political friend.