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"A gesture of justice, respect and courage to fight against human trafficking and encourage European intervention is needed, "Salvini said in the Italian media. Salvini reiterated that in the future migrants will only be able to immigrate to Italy by legal means.
Since taking office as Interior Minister in early June, the number of migrant arrivals has decreased by 27,000 compared to the same period in 2017. "We want to continue working for this result, we can not show any weakness, "said Salvini
Malta had announced Friday morning that she would not intervene to accept the 450 migrants who were aboard a boat fishing. They were then taken on Saturday aboard two ships of the Italian Coast Guard. "Malta, tugs and wellness enthusiasts in Italy and around the world should know that this ship can not reach an Italian port, Italy has already done enough," Salvini said on Facebook Friday afterwards. midday. and the ship of the Italian financial police with the rest saved can create, meanwhile, is still not clear. Frontex told the Italian media that the operation was still under the responsibility of Italy. The EU Border Agency could therefore make no decision.
The Italian religious Alex Zanotelli called on the Catholic Church of his country to face the current situation of peaceful resistance "as Jesus taught it". Prayers were important, but they were not enough: "With wisdom, we must organize civil disobedience, if it helps to save human lives," says the Comboni missionary to "Avvenire"
. Deportation to countries in which they risk their lives. "The clergymen began a hunger strike on the right wing" Lega "Salvini
Meanwhile, the Sicilian bishops have again condemned the closure Italian ports for ships with rescued migrants. "It is there that human lives are at stake and the dignity of the country," said the bishop of Trapani, Pietro Maria Fragnelli, according to the Italian newspaper Avvenire (Saturday), reported by Kathpress Saturday
The Archbishop of Palermo, Corrado Lefice, stressing that the admission of migrants must be regulated on a European scale, "but it must nevertheless close ports and let people float on the sea. "The bishops again advocate a culture of hospitality.
