People may not know there are parts of Italy that are considered Africa. Eritrea, Somalia, Libya used to be considered part of the Italian Empire previously. So there has always been some understanding between Italy and Africa.
Italians will always put humanity first before anything. This is why Italians are far better than any other western countries. They are generous, kind and empathetic towards humanity. They hate seeing people suffering but Germans are not like that. One can live in Italy for many years without paper if you don't put hands in bad things.