The political controversy on migrants continues, with Schifani speaking of a “Sicily submerged by landings”, while in the Senate the Cutro decree is at noon in the constitutional affairs committee, to then arrive in the Chamber between Tuesday and Wednesday.
Piantedosi defends the state of emergency: “it serves to manage arrivals”.
“The state of emergency has also been used for Ukrainian refugees to have tools for managing the phenomenon suited to the strong impact of concentrated arrivals of people. If 6,000 arrive in one weekend, I challenge anyone with ordinary tools to find adequate accommodation “. This was stated by Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi speaking at a conference organized by the Coisp police union, adding that “the emergency is not a qualification of the phenomenon but it is a technical tool for adequate management of reception”. On the special protection “I am convinced that parliamentary work will be able to find the right balance between compliance with humanitarian and constitutional obligations, but at the same time without debasing the high value of a legal institution, transforming it into a surreptitious mechanism for avoiding access to residence in the national territory”. This was stated by Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi speaking at a conference organized by the police union Coisp.
Meanwhile this morning Peluso ship arrived in the port of Catania with on board 201 of the approximately 600 migrants rescued yesterday by the Coast Guard in Maltese Sar waters 170 miles south of the coast of Sicily. Another 111 had already arrived in the Etna capital yesterday evening transported by a Romanian ship belonging to the Frontex device.
After the landing they were transferred to the structure built in the former vaccination hub of San Giuseppe La Rena, where the other 201 who arrived with the Coast Guard ship will also be temporarily transferred.
Another 299 rescued migrants arrived last night, on the Libeccio ship of the Navy, in Augusta, in the Syracuse area. After disembarking, they were transferred to the tensile structure in the commercial port.
Schifani: “Sicily submerged by the landings of migrants”
“The emergency exists, we have been living it in Sicily for a month already, since we were ‘submerged’ by landings. Thousands of people have invaded the Lampedusa hotspot which can only accommodate a few hundred migrants. The Region has made its part and gave a hand, we managed to get blankets, shoes, food in collaboration with the Ministry of the Interior”. This was stated by the president of the Sicilian Region, Renato Schifani, on the issue of migrants on Tgcom24. “The reception of basic necessities is sacred, but a concrete policy is needed to manage these arrivals. We are tired of hearing statements that can be shared on a purely theoretical level but far from any concrete feasibility. We must act, we are at the point of no return,” stressed Schifani.
Sala: “Unsustainable numbers on unaccompanied foreign minors”
“We mayors ask the government to rethink the whole system a bit because it is not by deluding people that the issue can be resolved through the elimination of some institutions. We ask to be heard, if we had the solution in hand we would propose it but we live the reality and we know what we are dealing with”. This was explained by the mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, on Sky Tg24, where he spoke of the opposition of the mayors of the Democratic Party to the government’s decision to cancel the special protection for migrants. In Milan “we have the specific problem that we underline, namely that of unaccompanied foreign minors. We have unsustainable numbers today and we are asking for help on this too – he concluded -. They have exploded in recent months because there are desperate families on boats who entrust their children to relatives and friends and when they get here it’s a problem”.
Weber: “Italy must be thanked and helped”
“Concrete measures of solidarity towards Italy by the other EU countries are needed on migration. This is why the EPP group asked this week for a special debate in the EU Parliament to seek solidarity towards Italy”. So in an interview with Corriere della Sera the president and group leader in the EU Parliament of the EPP Manfred Weber.
Lepore: “Without hospitality we will have tent cities”
“If you remove the widespread reception system, decree a state of emergency and choose a commissioner, this opens the door to requisitioning soccer fields or former barracks for tent cities. Cutro’s bodies weren’t enough to stop the propaganda of the League”. So the mayor of Bologna Matteo Lepore told Repubblica.
Bonaccini: “Meloni was screaming before, now he’s without a compass”
“It’s time for everyone to assume their responsibilities. If the government thinks of abandoning the ordinary way of reception, the widespread one, so to speak, to build large structures, then come and discuss it. If we had managed the reception of Ukrainian refugees like this , the situation would have exploded”. Thus, on the policies on migrants, the president of the Emilia-Romagna Region Stefano Bonaccini to the Press.
Source: Ansa
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