Salvini has been described as hard Eurosceptic, holding a starkly critical view of the European Union (EU), especially of the euro, which he once described as a "crime against humanity".[154] Salvini is also opposed to illegal immigration into Italy and the EU and the EU's management of asylum seekers.[155][156] In September 2018, he said: "I’m paid by citizens to help our young people start having children again the way they did a few years ago, and not to uproot the best of the African youth to replace Europeans who are not having children anymore".[157] His political views have been described as on the far-right,[5][158] espousing policies such as, among others, collecting census data on and expelling members of the Roma community living illegally in Italy.[7]