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Friday, July 13, 2018
There is disagreement within the Italian government as to whether and which ships with refugees will be allowed on board in the country's ports. over several days – until the president speaks a word of power.
In Italy, a ship with rescued migrants was again blocked for days on the sea. A back and forth at populist government led to the fact that the Italian Coast Guard vessel "Diciotti" was able to invest only on Thursday in Sicily, according to the Italian media, the 67 refugees arrested in the Mediterranean by the Italian Coast Guard left the ship late in the evening
Formerly Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte had announced in a communication that the migrants could leave the "Diciotti" upon their return.The staff was found.According to the Italian media, President Sergio Mattarella had to intervene in the conflict. The president personally called on Prime Minister Conte to resolve the blockade. Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the five-star ruling Luigi Di Maio said the president's decision must be respected.
In addition, the Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini, Deputy Prime Minister, was not satisfied. when all the arrivals from & # 39; Diciotti & # 39; end up at liberty, "he said The ship had docked in the port of the Sicilian town of Trapani in the afternoon.Migrants, however, were forbidden to embark. do not allow anyone to leave the "Diciotti", "said Salvini on the sidelines of the meeting of EU Interior Ministers in Innsbruck." If anyone one does, it's his own responsibility. "
The" Diciotti "had taken refugees from another boat, the" Your Thalbada ", which had saved them from Libya on Monday. Migrants have been accused of aggressively threatening the crew of Thalbada for not wanting to return to Libya Salvini had spoken on Wednesday of "criminals" and "violent pirates" who were to be "handcuffed" on board.
Two tugboats on board identified
Thursday, the Italian Minister of Interior threatened Refugees again: "S there was d e the violence (aboard the "Your Thalbada"), the officials will go to jail, and if that is not the case, someone will lied and suffer the consequences. "Italian media reported that the police had identified two people on board as tugs. The prosecutor of Trapani then demanded to hear all the pbadengers as witnesses. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has criticized the "undue delay" in the case.
Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the xenophobic party Lega Salvini wants to reduce to zero the number of refugees arriving in Italy. In June he had decided that ships badisting refugees on board should no longer be allowed to dock in Italian ports. Salvini also wants to extend this ban to ships of official international missions in the Mediterranean. He wants to increase the pressure on the other EU states for them to accept the refugees themselves.
Italy is the main destination for refugees arriving in the EU via the Mediterranean from Africa. The total isolation of the country is however controversial within the ruling coalition in Italy: the left wing of Luigi Di Maio's co-governing five-star party rejects the closure of ports for ships carrying refugees, in particular under the Italian flag. [19659015] Source: n-tv.de
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